AN ACT INCREASING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR NEPHROLOGY SERVICES.

Plain English Breakdown

The official text does not specify an effective date or deadline for the required report.

SB00209: Increasing Medicaid Payment Rates for Kidney Care

This bill requires the state to raise how much it pays through Medicaid for kidney-related medical care.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Commissioner of Social Services to change the Medicaid plan.
• Sets a new minimum payment rate for nephrology services at 80% of Medicare rates for the same types of services.
• Orders the commissioner to write a report on how these changes affect doctor participation, access to care, and the state budget.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Commissioner of Social Services
• Doctors who treat kidney diseases (nephrologists)
• Patients using Medicaid for kidney care

Terms To Know

Nephrology services

Medical care provided by specialists who diagnose and treat kidney problems.

Reimbursement rates

The amount of money the government pays to doctors or hospitals for medical services.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state a specific date when these new payment rules will start.
• The report on how this change affects care access and costs has no set deadline in the text provided.

Official Summary Text

To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement for nephrology services.

Current Bill Text

LCO No. 29 1 of 1

General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 209
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 29

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES

Introduced by:
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT INCREASING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES FOR
NEPHROLOGY SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1
Commissioner of Social Services to (1) amend the Medicaid state plan to 2
increase rates of reimbursement for nephrology services to not less than 3
eighty per cent of Medicare rates for the same types of services , and (2) 4
file a report on the impact of the rate increases on provider participation 5
in the Medicaid program, access to care and the state budget. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To increase Medicaid rates of reimbursement for nephrology services.