AN ACT SUSPENDING INFLATION COST LIMITATIONS FOR INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about the duration of the suspension or specific impacts on facility operations and service users.

Suspending Inflation Cost Limits for Intermediate Care Facilities

This act suspends inflation cost limitations for direct care costs at intermediate care facilities that receive funding from the Medicaid program.

What This Bill Does

• Suspends the increase in costs due to inflation for direct care expenses at intermediate care facilities funded by Medicaid.

Who It Names or Affects

• Intermediate care facilities receiving Medicaid funding

Terms To Know

Inflation cost limitations

Rules that limit how much costs can increase due to inflation.

Intermediate care facility

A type of healthcare setting that provides long-term care and support services for people with disabilities or chronic illnesses.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how long the suspension will last.
• It is unclear what happens if inflation increases significantly during the suspension period.

Official Summary Text

To reduce financial burdens on intermediate care facilities funded under the Medicaid program.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 756 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 120
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 756

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

AN ACT SUSPENDING INFLATION COST LIMITATIONS FOR
INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That section 17b-340 of the general statutes be amended to suspend 1
the inflation cost limitation on direct care costs for Medicaid -funded 2
intermediate care facilities. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce financial burdens on intermediate care facilities funded under
the Medicaid program.