Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 17b-291. Children's health insurance plan. The commissioner shall submit a state children's health insurance plan to implement the provisions of sections 17b-289 to 17b-303, inclusive, and section 16 of public act 97-1 of the October 29 special session* to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in accordance with the provisions of Subtitle J of Public Law 105-33. Such plan and any revisions thereto shall be submitted to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, public health, insurance and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies. Within thirty days of receipt of such plan or revisions thereto, said joint standing committees of the General Assembly may advise the commissioner of their approval, denial or modifications, if any, of the plan or any revisions thereto. If the joint standing committees do not concur, the committee chairmen shall appoint a committee on conference which shall be comprised of three members from each joint standing committee. At least one member appointed from each committee shall be a member of the minority party. The report of the committee on conference shall be made to each committee, which shall vote to accept or reject the report. The report of the committee on conference may not be amended. If a joint standing committee rejects the report of the committee on conference, the plan or revisions thereto shall be deemed approved. If the joint standing committees accept the report, the committee having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies shall advise the commissioner of their approval or modifications, if any, of the plan or revisions thereto, provided if the committees do not act within thirty days, the plan or revisions thereto shall be deemed approved.

      (October 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1, S. 3, 23; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 20, 53; P.A. 03-19, S. 42.)

      *Note: Section 16 of public act 97-1 of the October 29 special session is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.

      History: Oct. 29 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-1 effective October 30, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 increased the time period for action by the joint standing legislative committees from 15 to 30 days, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 03-19 replaced "Health Care Financing Administration" with "Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services", effective May 12, 2003.