Sec. 17b-281c. Authority of commissioner to modify medical equipment fee schedules.
Sec. 17b-281c. Authority of commissioner to modify medical equipment fee
schedules. The Commissioner of Social Services may modify the state medical assistance durable medical equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices and hearing aid fee schedules, applicable regulations, policies and procedures or purchase of service contracts to achieve any expenditure reductions adopted
under public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session*. In the event that such modifications
require revisions to any existing state regulations, the commissioner may make such
modifications while in the process of adopting the modifications in regulation form
provided the commissioner publishes notice of any modifications of regulations in the
Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation of such modifications.
Such modifications may include, but shall not be limited to: (1) A change in the reimbursement to customized manually priced devices to a formula based on a percentage
of list or acquisition of costs; (2) a percentage reduction in payments to all other durable
medical equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices
and hearing aid providers; (3) the application of any rental costs for durable medical
equipment when the department subsequently purchases the same equipment for a recipient; and (4) the selection of a vendor or vendors to be the providers of durable medical
equipment, medical surgical supply, oxygen, orthotic and prosthetic devices and hearing
aid services pursuant to a competitive bidding process. In no event shall any modifications to the state medical assistance fee schedules, regulations, policies and procedures
or purchase of service contracts implemented by the commissioner pursuant to this
section be estimated to achieve expenditure reductions in an amount less than adopted
in public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session*.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 53.)
*Public act 03-1 of the June 30 special session is entitled "An Act Concerning Expenditures and Revenue for the
Biennium Ending June 30, 2005". (See Reference Table captioned "Public Acts of June 30, 2003" in Volume 16 which
lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 effective August 20, 2003.