(a) The Commissioner of Social Services, after consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, may contract with an insurer, within available appropriations, to provide a subsidized nongroup health insurance product for disabled persons who would be eligible to receive supplemental security income benefits except for income and who have incomes above the eligibility limit for Medicaid and under two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level. The contract shall include a sliding fee schedule based on income for premiums and shall provide for the setting of premiums at a level to cover twenty per cent of program costs. The contract shall provide for the use of mechanisms to control costs.
(b) The contract shall provide the same benefits as are provided under contracts issued pursuant to sections 38a-505, 38a-546, 38a-551 and 38a-556 to 38a-559, inclusive, except mental and nervous disorders shall be covered in accordance with section 38a-514.
(c) The commissioner shall establish an outreach program to ensure that eligible persons are aware of the health insurance available pursuant to this section.
(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 90-134, S. 8, 28; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 77, 165; P.A. 15-247, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 90-134, S. 8 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of human resources, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-616 transferred to Sec. 17b-611 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 amended Subsec. (a) to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 15-247 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “38a-551 to 38a-559” with “38a-551 and 38a-556 to 38a-559”, effective July 10, 2015.
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