Sec. 17b-247. (Formerly Sec. 17-314l). Contracts for stock and standard durable medical equipment. Payment of laboratory services.
Sec. 17b-247. (Formerly Sec. 17-314l). Contracts for stock and standard durable medical equipment. Payment of laboratory services. The Commissioner of Social
Services shall, where feasible and cost effective, enter into contracts with suppliers of
stock and standard durable medical equipment, medical surgical supplies, oxygen and
laboratory services for such services provided to recipients of medical assistance excluding those services provided by hospitals or routinely provided by nursing homes as part
of their rate. In the case of laboratory services billed through a hospital outpatient clinic,
payment shall be made at the lower of the provider's charges to the general public or
the contracted rate. Except for hospital based laboratory work and those laboratory tests
specifically exempted by the commissioner, no payment shall be made for laboratory
services except under contract, where feasible. Except for those facilities specifically
exempted by the commissioner, all oxygen services for residents of nursing facilities
and chronic disease hospitals shall be supplied through such a contract.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 11, 63; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and
department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-314l transferred to Sec. 17b-247 in 1995.