Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan.
Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan. The commissioner shall submit
a state children's health insurance plan to implement the provisions of sections 17b-289 to 17b-303, inclusive, and section 16 of public act 97-1 of the October 29 special
session* to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in accordance with the
provisions of Subtitle J of Public Law 105-33. Such plan and any revisions thereto
shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having
cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, insurance and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Within thirty days of receipt of such plan or
revisions thereto, said joint standing committees of the General Assembly may advise
the commissioner of their approval, denial or modifications, if any, of the plan or any
revisions thereto. If the joint standing committees do not concur, the committee chairmen
shall appoint a committee on conference which shall be comprised of three members
from each joint standing committee. At least one member appointed from each committee shall be a member of the minority party. The report of the committee on conference
shall be made to each committee, which shall vote to accept or reject the report. The
report of the committee on conference may not be amended. If a joint standing committee
rejects the report of the committee on conference, the plan or revisions thereto shall be
deemed approved. If the joint standing committees accept the report, the committee
having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies
shall advise the commissioner of their approval or modifications, if any, of the plan or
revisions thereto, provided if the committees do not act within thirty days, the plan or
revisions thereto shall be deemed approved.
(October 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 20, 53; P.A. 03-19, S. 42.)
*Note: Section 16 of public act 97-1 of the October 29 special session is special in nature and therefore has not been
codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 increased the time period for
action by the joint standing legislative committees from 15 to 30 days, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 03-19 replaced "Health
Care Financing Administration" with "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", effective May 12, 2003.