Sec. 17b-349. (Formerly Sec. 17-314i). Adjustment of rates of payment to community health centers and free-standing medical clinics participating in Medicaid program.

      Sec. 17b-349. (Formerly Sec. 17-314i). Adjustment of rates of payment to community health centers and free-standing medical clinics participating in Medicaid program. (a) The rates paid by the state to community health centers and free-standing medical clinics participating in the Medicaid program may be adjusted annually on the basis of the cost reports submitted to the Commissioner of Social Services, except that rates effective July 1, 1989, shall remain in effect through June 30, 1990.

      (b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be equivalent to base grant awards made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be equivalent to base grant awards made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1997, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (d) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be equivalent to base grant awards made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (e) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be equivalent to base grant awards made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (f) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be in the same proportion to its grant award made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, as the total appropriation for such grant awards for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, is to the total appropriation for such grant awards for the prior fiscal year, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (g) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be in the same proportion to its grant award made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, as the total appropriation for such grant awards for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, is to the total appropriation for such grant awards for the prior fiscal year, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (h) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be in the same proportion to its grant award made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, as the total appropriation for such grant awards for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, is to the total appropriation for such grant awards for the prior fiscal year, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (i) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, any grant awards made to a community health center or its successor for the purpose of supporting the community health center infrastructure services to the uninsured or expansion initiative projects shall be in the same proportion to its grant award made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, as the total appropriation for such grant awards for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, is to the total appropriation for such grant awards for the prior fiscal year, provided, if any portion of the amount is not required by a given community health center, the differential shall be distributed among all the other health centers according to their share of total funding.

      (P.A. 89-325, S. 16, 26; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 21, 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 24, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 10, 58; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 86; P.A. 04-16, S. 12.)

      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. 17-314i transferred to Sec. 17b-349 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re grants to community health centers for specified services and projects, for 1998 and 1999, respectively, effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 added Subsecs. (d) and (e) re grants to community health centers for specified services and projects, for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001, respectively, effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 added Subsecs. (f) and (g) re grants to community health centers for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2002, and June 30, 2003, respectively, effective July 1, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 added Subsecs. (h) and (i) re grants to community health centers for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2004, and June 30, 2005, effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-16 made a technical change in Subsecs. (h) and (i).

      See Sec. 19a-490a for definition of "community health center".