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

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount of funding and the specific impact on reimbursement rates are not detailed in the official source material.

Law to Increase Money for Medicaid Providers

This law increases funding from the state's main budget to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates for private healthcare providers.

What This Bill Does

• Increases funding from the General Fund to raise Medicaid reimbursement rates for private providers based on a study.

Who It Names or Affects

• Private doctors and hospitals that accept Medicaid payments.

Terms To Know

Medicaid

A government program that helps low-income people pay for healthcare.

Reimbursement rates

The amount of money a doctor or hospital gets paid by Medicaid for treating patients.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify the exact amount of funding to be increased.
• Only applies to private providers, not other types of healthcare facilities like state-run hospitals.

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.