AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR SAFETY ESCORTS.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify how much Medicaid will pay for these services or explicitly state the aim of protecting nurses or ensuring patient safety.

Medicaid Reimbursement for Safety Escorts

This act allows Medicaid to pay for safety escorts when nurses give community-based behavioral health care, if it is permitted by federal law.

What This Bill Does

• Changes a law about Medicaid reimbursement to include paying for safety escorts, if allowed by federal rules.

Who It Names or Affects

• Behavioral health nurses providing community-based care
• Medicaid beneficiaries receiving community-based behavioral health care

Terms To Know

Medicaid

A government program that helps people with low income pay for medical care.

Safety escorts

People who accompany nurses to ensure their safety during visits.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only allows reimbursement if it is permitted by federal law.
• It does not specify how much Medicaid will pay for these services.

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.