SB 989 – Connecticut

Status: Enacted
Year Introduced: 2023
Link: https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/CGABillStatus/CGAbillstatus.asp?which_year=2023&selBillType=Bill&bill_num=SB989

An Act concerning nonprofit provider retention of contract savings, community health worker medicaid reimbursement and studies of medicaid rates of reimbursement, nursing home transportation and nursing home waiting lists. To (1) require air conditioning in each room at a nursing home, (2) require notification of the State Ombudsman when a nursing home plans to involuntarily transfer or discharge a patient, (3) establish a grant program for transportation of nonambulatory nursing home residents to homes of family members, (4) make changes in waiting list requirements for nursing homes, (5) require transparent cost reporting by nursing homes, (6) establish minimum nursing home staffing levels, and (7) impose stricter penalties for violations.


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