(a) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement an acuity-based methodology for Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home services. In the course of developing such a system, the commissioner shall review the skilled nursing facility prospective payment system developed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as well as other methodologies used nationally, and shall consider recommendations from the nursing home industry.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may implement policies as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting the policies as regulations, provided that prior to implementation the policies are posted on the eRegulations System established pursuant to section 4-173b and the Department of Social Services' Internet web site.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 394.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 effective June 30, 2015.