CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 19a-671. (Formerly Sec. 19a-169b). Calculation and determination of payments.
Sec. 19a-671. (Formerly Sec. 19a-169b). Calculation and determination of
payments. The Commissioner of Social Services is authorized to determine the amount
of payments pursuant to sections 19a-670, 19a-670a, 19a-671, 19a-671a and 19a-672
for each hospital. The commissioner's determination shall be based on the advice of the
office and the application of the calculation in this section. For each hospital, the Office
of Health Care Access shall calculate the amount of payments to be made pursuant to
sections 19a-670, 19a-670a, 19a-671, 19a-671a and 19a-672 as follows:
(1) For the period April 1, 1994, to June 30, 1994, inclusive, and for the period July
1, 1994, to September 30, 1994, inclusive, the office shall calculate and advise the
Commissioner of Social Services of the amount of payments to be made to each hospital
as follows:
(A) Determine the amount of pool payments for the hospital, including grants approved pursuant to section 19a-168k, in the previously authorized budget authorization
for the fiscal year commencing October 1, 1993.
(B) Calculate the sum of the result of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision for all
hospitals.
(C) Divide the result of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision by the result of subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.
(D) From the anticipated appropriation to the medical assistance disproportionate
share-emergency assistance account made pursuant to sections 3-114i and 12-263a to
12-263e, inclusive, subdivisions (2) and (29) of subsection (a) of section 12-407, subdivision (1) of section 12-408, section 12-408a, subdivision (5) of section 12-412, subdivision (1) of section 12-414 and sections 19a-646, 19a-659, 19a-662, 19a-669 to 19a-670a, inclusive, 19a-671, 19a-671a, 19a-672, 19a-672a, 19a-673 and 19a-676, for the
quarter subtract the amount of any additional medical assistance payments made to
hospitals pursuant to any resolution of or court order entered in any civil action pending
on April 1, 1994, in the United States District Court for the district of Connecticut, and
also subtract the amount of any emergency assistance to families payments projected
by the office to be made to hospitals in the quarter.
(E) The disproportionate share payment shall be the result of subparagraph (D) of
this subdivision multiplied by the result of subparagraph (C) of this subdivision.
(2) For the fiscal year commencing October 1, 1994, and subsequent fiscal years,
the interim payment shall be calculated as follows for each hospital:
(A) For each hospital determine the amount of the medical assistance underpayment
determined pursuant to section 19a-659, plus the actual amount of uncompensated care
including emergency assistance to families determined pursuant to section 19a-659, less
any amount of uncompensated care determined by the Department of Social Services
to be due to a failure of the hospital to enroll patients for emergency assistance to families,
plus the amount of any grants authorized pursuant to the authority of section 19a-168k.
(B) Calculate the sum of the result of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision for all
hospitals.
(C) Divide the result of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision by the result of subparagraph (B) of this subdivision.
(D) From the anticipated appropriation made to the medical assistance disproportionate share-emergency assistance account pursuant to sections 3-114i and 12-263a
to 12-263e, inclusive, subdivisions (2) and (29) of subsection (a) of section 12-407,
subdivision (1) of section 12-408, section 12-408a, subdivision (5) of section 12-412,
subdivision (1) of section 12-414 and sections 19a-646, 19a-659, 19a-662, 19a-669 to
19a-670a, inclusive, 19a-671, 19a-671a, 19a-672, 19a-672a, 19a-673 and 19a-676, for
the fiscal year, subtract the amount of any additional medical assistance payments made
to hospitals pursuant to any resolution of or court order entered in any civil action
pending on April 1, 1994, in the United States District Court for the district of Connecticut, and also subtract any emergency assistance to families payments projected by the
office to be made to the hospitals for the year.
(E) The disproportionate share payment shall be the result of subparagraph (D) of
this subdivision multiplied by the result of subparagraph (C) of this subdivision.
(P.A. 94-9, S. 6, 41; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; 95-306, S. 5, 7; P.A. 96-165, S. 6, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 26, 53;
P.A. 02-89, S. 42; 02-101, S. 11; 02-103, S. 31; P.A. 06-64, S. 17; P.A. 07-149, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 94-9 effective April 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office
of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-306 amended Subdivs. (1)(D) and (2)(D) by requiring the subtraction
of any medical assistance payments made to hospitals pursuant to any court order entered in any civil action pending on
April 1, 1994, in the United States District Court for the district of Connecticut, from the anticipated appropriation to the
medical assistance disproportionate share-emergency assistance account, effective July 6, 1995; P.A. 96-165 amended
Subdivs. (1)(D) and (2)(D) to make technical changes, effective July 1, 1996; Sec. 19a-169b transferred to Sec. 19a-671
in 1997 (Revisor's note: In 1997 when transferring this section the Revisors editorially omitted references to repealed
sections 19a-168k and 19a-169d from Subdivs. (1)(D) and (2)(D)); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 amended Subdiv. (2)(A) by
changing "authorized" to "actual" amount of uncompensated care, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 02-89 replaced references
to Sec. 19a-666 with Sec. 19a-667, reflecting the repeal of Sec. 19a-666 by the same public act; P.A. 02-101 made technical
changes, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 02-103 made technical changes; P.A. 06-64 amended Subdivs. (1)(D) and (2)(D) to
delete references to repealed Secs. 19a-661, 19a-667, 19a-668, 19a-677 and 19a-679, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-149
made technical changes.