As used in sections 17b-550 to 17b-554, inclusive:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Social Services;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Social Services;

(3) “Medicare assignment” means acceptance by a health care provider of the Medicare-determined reasonable charge as payment in full for services rendered to persons enrolled in the Medicare insurance program;

(4) “Income” means adjusted gross income as determined for purposes of the federal income tax plus any other income of such person not subject to federal taxation;

(5) “Program” means the Connecticut Medicare assignment program otherwise known as CONNMAP;

(6) “Resident” means a person legally domiciled within the state for a period of not less than one hundred eighty-three days immediately preceding the date of application for inclusion in the program. Mere seasonal or temporary residences within the state, of whatever duration, shall not constitute domicile;

(7) “Health care provider” means a person who provides care, treatment, service or equipment covered by Medicare Part B under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as amended.

(P.A. 87-356, S. 2, 10; P.A. 89-135, S. 2, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: P.A. 89-135 deleted obsolete definitions of “physician”, “state society”, “participating physician” and “Medicare intermediary”, added the definition of health care provider and substituted reference to health care providers for reference to physicians in definition of “Medicare assignment”; Sec. 17-560 transferred to Sec. 17a-390 in 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-390 transferred to Sec. 17b-550 in 1995.