Bill Text: CT SB00397 | 2012 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Amending The Medicaid State Plan To Include Chiropractic Treatment As An Optional Service.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations [SB00397 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2012-SB00397-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 397
February Session, 2012		LCO No. 1410
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Referred to Committee on Human Services
Introduced by:
(HS)

AN ACT AMENDING THE MEDICAID STATE PLAN TO INCLUDE CHIROPRACTIC TREATMENT AS AN OPTIONAL SERVICE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 17b-28e of the 2012 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (e) as follows (Effective July 1, 2012):

(NEW) (e) Not later than July 1, 2012, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan, pursuant to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, to include treatment by a chiropractor, who is licensed under section 20-27, as an optional service covered under the Medicaid program. Said amendment shall supersede any state regulations concerning such optional services.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2012	17b-28e

HS

Joint Favorable C/R

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