Sec. 17b-343. (Formerly Sec. 17-314c). Rates of payment for home care services, transportation and mental health counseling.
Sec. 17b-343. (Formerly Sec. 17-314c). Rates of payment for home care services, transportation and mental health counseling. The Commissioner of Social
Services shall establish annually the maximum allowable rate to be paid by said agencies
for homemaker services, chore person services, companion services, respite care, meals
on wheels, adult day care services, case management and assessment services, transportation, mental health counseling and elderly foster care, except that the maximum allowable rates in effect July 1, 1990, shall remain in effect during the fiscal years ending
June 30, 1992, and June 30, 1993. The Commissioner of Social Services shall prescribe
uniform forms on which agencies providing such services shall report their costs for
such services. Such rates shall be determined on the basis of a reasonable payment for
necessary services rendered. The maximum allowable rates established by the Commissioner of Social Services for the Connecticut home-care program for the elderly established under section 17b-342 shall constitute the rates required under this section until
revised in accordance with this section. The Commissioner of Social Services shall
establish a fee schedule, to be effective on and after July 1, 1994, for homemaker services, chore person services, companion services, respite care, meals on wheels, adult
day care services, case management and assessment services, transportation, mental
health counseling and elderly foster care. The commissioner may annually increase any
fee in the fee schedule based on an increase in the cost of services. The commissioner
shall increase the fee schedule effective July 1, 2000, by not less than five per cent, for
adult day care services. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize a payment by
the state to any agency for such services in excess of the amount charged by such agency
for such services to the general public.
(P.A. 86-319, S. 1; P.A. 87-516, S. 4; 87-589, S. 64, 87; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 21, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16,
S. 32, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 38, 87; 93-418, S. 26, 41; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-160, S. 8, 69; P.A. 96-139, S. 12, 13;
June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 17, 53.)
History: P.A. 87-516 provided that the commissioner of income maintenance shall establish the maximum rates in
consultation with the commissioner of human resources and the commissioner on aging, added transportation and mental
health counseling to the list of services, and specified the maximum allowable rates for the preadmission screening and
community-based services program; P.A. 87-589 added "until revised in accordance with this section"; June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 91-8 amended the section re rate determination and the rate of payment for home care services, transportation and
mental health counseling; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 provided that the maximum allowable rates in effect on July 1, 1990,
shall remain in effect during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, and provided that for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1993, any rate established in a subcontact between coordination, assessment and monitoring agencies and direct care
providers shall not exceed the rate in effect on June 30, 1992, increased by the most recent annual increase in the consumer
price index for urban consumers; P.A. 93-262 replaced references to commissioners of income maintenance, human resources and aging with commissioner of social services and replaced the words "preadmission screening and community-based services program" with the words "Connecticut home-care program for the elderly", effective July 1, 1993; P.A.
93-418 required the commissioner to establish a fee schedule for home care services on and after July 1, 1994, effective July
1, 1993; P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner of social services for commissioner of income maintenance in
P.A. 93-418, effective June 28, 1993; Sec. 17-314c transferred to Sec. 17b-343 in 1995; P.A. 95-160 deleted the reference
to coordination, assessment and monitoring agencies, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-139 changed effective date of P.A.
95-160 but without affecting this section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 provided that the fee schedule for adult day care services
shall increase by not less than 5%, effective July 1, 2000.