Sec. 17b-306. Plan for a system of preventive health services for children under the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B.
Sec. 17b-306. Plan for a system of preventive health services for children under the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services, in
consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall develop and within available
appropriations implement a plan for a system of preventive health services for children
under the HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B. The goal of the system shall be to improve
health outcomes for all children enrolled in the HUSKY Plan and to reduce racial and
ethnic health disparities among children. Such system shall ensure that services under the
federal Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program are provided to
children enrolled in the HUSKY Plan, Part A.
(b) The plan shall:
(1) Establish a coordinated system for preventive health services for HUSKY Plan,
Part A and Part B beneficiaries including, but not limited to, services under the federal
Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment Program, ophthalmologic and
optometric services, oral health care, care coordination, chronic disease management
and periodicity schedules based on standards specified by the American Academy of
Pediatrics;
(2) Require the Department of Social Services to track the utilization of services in
the system of preventive health services by HUSKY Plan, Part A and Part B beneficiaries
to ensure that such beneficiaries receive all the services available under the system and
to track the health outcomes of children; and
(3) Include payment methodologies to create financial incentives and rewards for
health care providers who participate and provide services in the system, such as case
management fees, pay for performance, and payment for technical support and data
entry associated with patient registries.
(c) The Commissioner of Social Services shall develop the plan for a system of
preventive health services not later than January 1, 2008, and implement the plan not
later than July 1, 2008.
(d) Not later than July 1, 2009, the Commissioner of Social Services shall report,
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, insurance and public health on the plan for a system of preventive health services. The report
shall include information on health outcomes, quality of care and methodologies utilized
in the plan to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for children.
(P.A. 07-185, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 07-185 effective July 1, 2007; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsec. (a) by specifying that implementation of plan shall be "within available appropriations", amended Subsec. (b)(1) by replacing "vision care" with "ophthalmologic and optometric services", amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting "electronically" re tracking utilization of services, and
amended Subsec. (d) by deleting commissioner's responsibility to report on "the implementation of" plan, effective July
1, 2007.