HB05353 • 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING DATA TRANSPARENCY FOR SELF-DIRECTED HOME CARE PROGRAMS.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Government Oversight Committee
Last action: 2026-04-15
Official status: Tabled for the Calendar, House
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is July 1, 2026, but reports must include data starting from April 1, 2024. The source does not explain how this retroactive reporting will be handled if the law was passed after that start date.

Act Requiring Data Transparency for Self-Directed Home Care Programs

This law requires the Commissioner of Social Services to submit quarterly reports containing specific data about self-directed home care programs and their fiscal intermediaries.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Commissioner of Social Services to submit quarterly reports starting with information from April 1, 2024.
Mandates that audited financial statements from fiscal intermediaries be included in these reports.
Requires detailed timesheet data, including submission rates, error rates, and penalties for late payments or corrections against the fiscal intermediary.
Requires reporting on budget information, customer service call center logs, and service level agreements.
Orders the tracking of response times to consumer requests and any penalties given for missing contract deadlines regarding those responses.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Social Services
Fiscal intermediaries that handle payroll and administrative tasks for home care programs

Terms To Know

Self-directed home care programs: Medicaid-funded programs that allow a consumer to hire their own personal care attendant.
Fiscal intermediary: The organization contracted by the Department of Social Services to handle payroll, taxes, and administrative services for home care programs.

Limits and Unknowns

Reports must exclude public records that are exempt from disclosure under state law.
The act takes effect on July 1, 2026, but the required data collection begins with information from April 1, 2024.

Bill History

2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly
No New File by Committee on Appropriations
2026-04-15 Connecticut General Assembly
Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-04-14 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-14 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-13 APP
Joint Favorable
2026-04-07 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations
2026-04-02 LCO
Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-04-02 Connecticut General Assembly
Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
2026-04-02 Connecticut General Assembly
House Calendar Number 274
2026-04-02 LCO
File Number 387
2026-03-27 LCO
Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/01/26 5:00 PM
2026-03-17 GOS
Joint Favorable
2026-03-17 LCO
Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office
2026-02-27 Connecticut General Assembly
Public Hearing 03/03
2026-02-26 Connecticut General Assembly
Referred to Joint Committee on Government Oversight

Official Summary Text

To require the Department of Social Services to report additional data quarterly concerning self-directed home care programs.

Current Bill Text

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5353
February Session, 2026

AN ACT REQUIRING DATA TRANSPARENCY FOR SELF-DIRECTED
HOME CARE PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2026) (a) As used in this section, (1) 1
"self-directed home care programs" means Medicaid-funded programs 2
that allow a consumer to hire a personal care attendant, (2) "consumer" 3
and "personal care attendants" have the same meanings as provided in 4
section 17b -706 of the general statutes, and (3) "fiscal intermediary" 5
means the organization that contracts with the Department of Social 6
Services to provide payroll, taxes and administrative services for self -7
directed home care programs. 8
(b) Except for public records exempted from disclosure under section 9
1-210 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Social Services shall 10
submit quarterly reports with the following information, commencing 11
with information from the quarterly period beginning on April 1, 2024, 12
in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 13
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having 14
cognizance of matters relating to human services, labor and government 15
oversight: 16
(1) The most recent completed audited financial statements of the 17
fiscal intermediary; 18
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(2) All personal care attendant timesheet reports, including, but not 19
limited to, reports containing the (A) number of weekly consumer -20
approved timesheets submitted, (B) number submitted on time, (C) 21
number resubmitted after correction, (D) number paid on time, (E) 22
timesheet processing error rate, (F) payroll processing error rate, and (G) 23
number and amount of penalties levied, on a monthly and weekly basis, 24
against the fiscal intermediary for violating provisions of the contract 25
concerning timesheets; 26
(3) All budget, customer service telephone call center and service 27
level agreement reports; 28
(4) The number of and average response time to general customer 29
service requests and the amount and number of penalties levied, on a 30
monthly and weekly basis, against the fiscal intermediary for violations 31
of the contract concerning response time for customer service requests; 32
and 33
(5) The (A) number of telephone calls, voice mail messages, electronic 34
mail and telephonic text messages received from consumers and 35
personal care attendants, (B) number of instances in which such calls or 36
messages were responded to in the contractually required time period 37
and the means of response by the fiscal intermediary, and (C) number 38
and amount of penalties levied against the fiscal intermediary, on a 39
monthly and weekly basis, for violations of the provisions of the 40
contract concerning response time to inquiries from such consumers 41
and personal care attendants. 42
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 July 1, 2026 New section

GOS Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
APP Joint Favorable
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