AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SAFETY ESCORTS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states the purpose is safety but does not specify how escorts are hired, trained, or paid beyond general reimbursement authority.

Medicaid Payment for Safety Escorts

This bill changes state law so that Medicaid can pay for safety escorts when nurses give community-based behavioral health care.

What This Bill Does

• Amends section 17b-242 of the general statutes to allow new payments.
• Allows Medicaid reimbursement for safety escorts used by nurses providing community-based behavioral health care.
• Limits these payments to cases where federal law allows them.

Who It Names or Affects

• Nurses who provide community-based behavioral health care
• Medicaid beneficiaries receiving this type of care

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only allows payment if federal law permits it.
• No effective date is listed in the provided source material.

Official Summary Text

To ensure the safety of behavioral health nurses who provide community-based care to Medicaid beneficiaries.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 991 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5200
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 991

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
REP. MARTINEZ, 22nd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SAFETY
ESCORTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That section 17b -242 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
Medicaid reimbursement, to the extent permissible under federal law, 2
for safety escorts for nurses who provide community -based behavioral 3
health care. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure the safety of behavioral health nurses who provide
community-based care to Medicaid beneficiaries.