Bill Text: CT SB00408 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 408 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Mental Health Options For Adult Medicaid Recipients.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-09 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB00408 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00408-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 408*
*February Session, 2014*		_____SB00408HS____031914____

AN ACT CONCERNING MENTAL HEALTH OPTIONS FOR ADULT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.

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

Section 1. Section 17b-28e of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (c) as follows (Effective July 1, 2014):

(NEW) (c) Not later than October 1, 2014, the Commissioner of Social Services shall amend the Medicaid state plan to include services provided by psychologists licensed under chapter 383 and clinical social workers licensed under chapter 383b to Medicaid recipients who are twenty-one years of age or older. The commissioner shall include such services as an optional service covered under the Medicaid program and provide direct Medicaid reimbursements to such psychologists and clinical social workers who are enrolled as Medicaid providers and who treat such Medicaid recipients in private offices that are not located in or affiliated with a clinic or federally qualified health center.