AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO INCREASE MEDICAID RATES FOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text contains a blank space for the specific dollar amount ('___ _ dollars'), meaning the exact funding level is unknown until filled in.

Funding to Raise Medicaid Payments for Private Providers

This bill sets aside money from the state budget to pay private healthcare providers higher Medicaid reimbursement rates during a specific fiscal year.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates funds from the General Fund to the Department of Social Services.
• Increases Medicaid reimbursement rates for private providers in accordance with phase one of the Medicaid rate study.
• Applies these changes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Social Services
• Private healthcare providers who receive Medicaid payments

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact dollar amount to be appropriated is not listed in the text.
• Details about what phase one of the Medicaid rate study includes are not provided.

Official Summary Text

To increase funding for Medicaid rates in accordance with the Medicaid rate study.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 665 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5071
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 665

Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS

Introduced by:
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING TO INCREASE MEDICAID RATES
FOR PRIVATE PROVIDERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That the sum of ___ _ dollars be appropriated to the Department of 1
Social Services, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 2
30, 2027, to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for private providers 3
in accordance with phase one of the Medicaid rate study. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To increase funding for Medicaid rates in accordance with the Medicaid
rate study.