Sec. 17b-322. Transferred
Sec. 17b-323. Request for waiver of federal requirements re uniform and broad-based user fees.
Sec. 17b-324. Expenditure of net gain in revenue by nursing home.
Secs. 17b-325 to 17b-336. Reserved
Sec. 17b-320. Nursing home resident day user fee. Definitions. Calculation of fee. Filing of return. Penalties. Delegation of authority by Commissioner of Revenue Services to Commissioner of Social Services. (a) For purposes of this section and section 17b-321:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services;
(2) “Department” means the Department of Revenue Services;
(3) “Nursing home” means any licensed chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision, but does not include, upon approval of the waiver of federal requirements for uniform and broad-based user fees in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68, pursuant to section 17b-323, any nursing home that is owned and operated as of May 1, 2005, by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services in accordance with section 17b-521, regardless of whether such nursing home participates in the Medicaid program and any nursing home licensed after May 1, 2005, that is owned and operated by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services in accordance with section 17b-521;
(4) “Medicare day” means a day of nursing home care service provided to an individual who is eligible for payment, in full or with a coinsurance requirement, under the federal Medicare program, including fee for service and managed care coverage;
(5) “Resident day” means a day of nursing home care service provided to an individual and includes the day a resident is admitted and any day for which the nursing home is eligible for payment for reserving a resident's bed due to hospitalization or temporary leave and for the date of death. For purposes of this subdivision, a day of nursing home care service shall be the period of time between the census-taking hour in a nursing home on two successive calendar days. “Resident day” does not include a Medicare day or the day a resident is discharged;
(6) “Nursing home net revenue” means amounts billed by a nursing home for all room, board and ancillary services, minus (A) contractual allowances, (B) payer discounts, (C) charity care, and (D) bad debts; and
(7) “Contractual allowances” means the amount of discounts allowed by a nursing home to certain payers from amounts billed for room, board and ancillary services.
(b) (1) (A) For each calendar quarter commencing on or after July 1, 2005, and prior to July 1, 2017, there is hereby imposed a resident day user fee on each nursing home in this state, which fee shall be the product of the nursing home's total resident days during the calendar quarter multiplied by the user fee, as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services pursuant to subsection (a) of section 17b-321.
(B) Commencing with the calendar quarter in which approval of the waiver of federal requirements for uniform and broad-based user fees in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68 pursuant to section 17b-323 is granted, the resident day user fee shall be the product of the nursing home's total resident days during the calendar quarter multiplied by the user fee, as redetermined by the Commissioner of Social Services pursuant to subsection (b) of section 17b-321.
(2) Each nursing home shall, on or before the last day of January, April, July, and October of each year, render to the commissioner a return, on forms prescribed or furnished by the commissioner, stating the nursing home's total resident days during the calendar quarter ending on the last day of the preceding month and stating such other information as the commissioner deems necessary for the proper administration of this section. The resident day user fee imposed under this section shall be due and payable on the due date of such return. Each nursing home shall be required to file such return electronically with the department and to make such payment by electronic funds transfer in the manner provided by chapter 228g, irrespective of whether the nursing home would have otherwise been required to file such return electronically or to make such payment by electronic funds transfer under the provisions of said chapter 228g.
(c) Whenever such resident day user fee is not paid when due, a penalty of ten per cent of the amount due or fifty dollars, whichever is greater, shall be imposed, and interest at the rate of one per cent per month or fraction thereof shall accrue on such user fee from the due date of such user fee until the date of payment.
(d) The commissioner shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services of any amount delinquent under sections 17b-320 to 17b-323, inclusive, and, upon receipt of such notice, the Commissioner of Social Services shall deduct and withhold such amount from amounts otherwise payable by the Department of Social Services to the delinquent nursing home.
(e) The provisions of section 12-548, sections 12-550 to 12-554, inclusive, and section 12-555a shall apply to the provisions of this section in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if the language of said sections had been incorporated in full into this section and had expressly referred to the user fee imposed under this section, except to the extent that any provision is inconsistent with a provision in this section. For purposes of section 12-39g, the resident day user fee shall be treated as a tax.
(f) The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the Commissioner of Social Services delegating to the Commissioner of Social Services the authority to examine the records and returns of any nursing home subject to the resident day user fee imposed under this section and to determine whether such user fee has been underpaid or overpaid. If such authority is so delegated, examinations of such records and returns by the Department of Social Services and determinations by said department that such user fee has been underpaid or overpaid, shall have the same effect as similar examinations or determinations made by the Department of Revenue Services.
(g) (1) The commissioner shall not collect the resident day user fee pursuant to this section until the Commissioner of Social Services informs the commissioner that all the necessary federal approvals are in effect to secure federal financial participation matching funds associated with the rate increases as described in subdivision (4) of subsection (f) of section 17b-340.
(2) The commissioner shall cease to collect the resident day user fee pursuant to this section if the Commissioner of Social Services informs the commissioner that the federal approvals described in subdivision (1) of this subsection are withheld or withdrawn.
(P.A. 05-251, S. 78; 05-280, S. 47; P.A. 06-196, S. 136–138; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 613.)
History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 amended Subsec. (a)(3) by making technical changes and amended Subsec. (a)(5) to redefine “resident day” to include the resident's date of death, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsecs. (a)(7), (b)(1)(B) and (d), effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (b)(1)(A) by adding “and prior to July 1, 2017,” re imposition of resident day user fee, effective October 31, 2017.
See Ch. 211c re nursing home user fee.
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Sec. 17b-321. Determination of resident day user fee by Commissioner of Social Services. Redetermination of resident day user fee upon approval of waiver of federal requirements. Refunds or credits to nursing homes exempted from resident day user fee. (a) On or before July 1, 2005, and on or before July first annually or biennially and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall determine the amount of the user fee and promptly notify the commissioner and nursing homes of such amount. The user fee shall be (1) the sum of each nursing home's anticipated nursing home net revenue, including, but not limited to, its estimated net revenue from any increases in Medicaid payments, during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year, (2) which sum shall be multiplied by a percentage as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, provided before January 1, 2008, such percentage shall not exceed six per cent, on and after January 1, 2008, and prior to October 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, 2017, such percentage shall not exceed five and one-half per cent, and on and after October 1, 2011, such percentage shall not exceed the maximum allowed under federal law, and (3) which product shall be divided by the sum of each nursing home's anticipated resident days during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year. The Commissioner of Social Services, in anticipating nursing home net revenue and resident days, shall use the most recently available nursing home net revenue and resident day information. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services may adjust the user fee as necessary to prevent the state from exceeding the maximum allowed under federal law.
(b) Upon approval of the waiver of federal requirements for uniform and broad-based user fees in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68 pursuant to section 17b-323, the Commissioner of Social Services shall redetermine the amount of the user fee and promptly notify the commissioner and nursing homes of such amount. The user fee shall be (1) the sum of each nursing home's anticipated nursing home net revenue, including, but not limited to, its estimated net revenue from any increases in Medicaid payments, during the twelve-month period ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year but not including any such anticipated net revenue of any nursing home exempted from such user fee due to waiver of federal requirements pursuant to section 17b-323, (2) which sum shall be multiplied by a percentage as determined by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, provided before January 1, 2008, such percentage shall not exceed six per cent, on and after January 1, 2008, and prior to October 1, 2011, such percentage shall not exceed five and one-half per cent, and on and after October 1, 2011, such percentage shall not exceed the maximum allowed under federal law, and (3) which product shall be divided by the sum of each nursing home's anticipated resident days, but not including the anticipated resident days of any nursing home exempted from such user fee due to waiver of federal requirements pursuant to section 17b-323. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the amount of the user fee for each nursing home licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds or owned by a municipality shall be equal to the amount necessary to comply with federal provider tax uniformity waiver requirements as determined by the Commissioner of Social Services. The Commissioner of Social Services may increase retroactively the user fee for nursing homes not licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds and not owned by a municipality to the effective date of waiver of said federal requirements to offset user fee reductions necessary to meet the federal waiver requirements. On or before July 1, 2005, and biennially thereafter, the Commissioner of Social Services shall determine the amount of the user fee in accordance with this subsection. The Commissioner of Social Services, in anticipating nursing home net revenue and resident days, shall use the most recently available nursing home net revenue and resident day information.
(c) (1) Following a redetermination of the resident day user fee by the Commissioner of Social Services pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Social Services shall notify the commissioner of the identity of (A) any nursing home subsequently exempted from the resident day user fee due to the waiver of federal requirements pursuant to section 17b-323 and the effective date of such waiver, (B) any nursing home licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds or owned by a municipality and the effective date of any change in its user fee, and (C) any nursing home for which the user fee is retroactively increased pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and the effective date of such increase. The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide notice of any such retroactive user fee increase to each nursing home so affected.
(2) Upon being notified by the Commissioner of Social Services, the commissioner shall refund or credit to any nursing home subsequently exempted from the resident day user fee due to the waiver of federal requirements pursuant to section 17b-323 any resident day user fee collected from such home. No interest shall be payable on the amount of such refund or credit. Any such nursing home shall refund any fees paid by or on behalf of any resident to the party making such payment.
(3) Upon being notified by the Commissioner of Social Services, the commissioner shall refund or credit to any nursing home licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds or owned by a municipality any resident day user fee collected from such home in excess of the resident day user fee that would have been payable had the user fee, as redetermined by the Commissioner of Social Services, been used in calculating the nursing home's resident day user fee. No interest shall be payable on the amount of such refund or credit.
(4) Upon being notified by the Commissioner of Social Services, the commissioner shall notify any nursing home for which the user fee is retroactively increased pursuant to subsection (b) of this section of the additional amount of resident day user fee due and owing from such nursing home. Such a notice of additional amount due and owing to the commissioner shall not be treated as a notice of deficiency assessment by the commissioner nor shall the nursing home have, based on such notice of additional amount due, any right of protest or appeal to the commissioner as in the case of such a deficiency assessment. No interest shall be payable on such additional amount to the extent such additional amount is paid on or before the last day of the month next succeeding the month during which the Commissioner of Social Services provided notice of such retroactive user fee increase to such nursing home.
(P.A. 05-251, S. 79; 05-280, S. 48; P.A. 06-188, S. 6, 7; 06-196, S. 139; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2, S. 1; P.A. 11-6, S. 150; 11-44, S. 161; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 614.)
History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-188 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by requiring Commissioner of Social Services to determine the user fee “biennially” rather than annually and to report to the General Assembly on the detrimental effects, if any, of such biennial determination, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-2 amended Subsecs. (a)(2) and (b)(2) to provide that sum shall be multiplied by percentage determined by Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with Commissioner of Social Services, provided before January 1, 2008, percentage shall not exceed 6% and shall not exceed 5.5% after that date, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to change maximum percentage on and after October 1, 2011, from not in excess of 5.5% to not in excess of the maximum allowed under federal law in Subdiv. (2), and to remove provisions re report required on or before July 1, 2007, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 11-44 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing commissioner to determine user fee annually or biennially and adding provision allowing commissioner to adjust user fee to prevent fee from exceeding the maximum allowed under federal law, effective July 1, 2011; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting “thereafter” and adding prior to July 1, 2017”, re determination and percentage of user fee, effective October 31, 2017.
See Ch. 211c re nursing home user fee.
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Sec. 17b-322. Transferred to Chapter 34, Sec. 3-114q.
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Sec. 17b-323. Request for waiver of federal requirements re uniform and broad-based user fees. Not later than fifteen days after approval of the Medicaid state plan amendment required to implement subdivision (4) of subsection (f) of section 17b-340 and prior to July 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Social Services shall seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for, and shall file a provider user fee uniformity waiver request regarding, the user fee set forth in sections 17b-320 and 17b-321. The request for approval shall include a request for a waiver of federal requirements for uniform and broad-based user fees in accordance with 42 CFR 433.68, to (1) exempt from the user fee prescribed by section 17b-320 any nursing home that is owned and operated as of May 1, 2005, by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services, in accordance with section 17b-521, regardless of whether such nursing home participates in the Medicaid program and any nursing home licensed after May 1, 2005, that is owned and operated by the legal entity that is registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services in accordance with section 17b-521; and (2) impose a user fee in an amount less than the fee determined pursuant to section 17b-320 as necessary to meet the requirements of 42 CFR 433.68(e)(2) on (A) nursing homes owned by a municipality, and (B) nursing homes licensed for more than two hundred thirty beds. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the provisions of section 17b-8 shall not apply to the waiver sought pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 05-251, S. 82; 05-280, S. 50; P.A. 06-196, S. 140; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 615.)
History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 amended Subdiv. (1) to replace provision re nursing facility owned by entity that provides continuing care in exchange for transfer of assets or entrance fee with provision re nursing home that is owned and operated, as of May 1, 2005, by legal entity registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services and any nursing home licensed after May 1, 2005, that is owned and operated by legal entity registered as a continuing care facility with the Department of Social Services, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 added “and prior to July 1, 2017”, re approval of Medicaid state plan amendment required to implement Sec. 17b-340(f)(4), effective October 31, 2017.
See Ch. 211c re request and approval for exemption from nursing home user fee.
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Sec. 17b-324. Expenditure of net gain in revenue by nursing home. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, any nursing home that receives a net gain in revenue shall not apply such net gain in revenue to wage and salary increases provided to the administrator, assistant administrator, owners or related party employees. For the purposes of this section, “net gain in revenue” means the difference between the rate in effect June 30, 2005, and the rate in effect on July 1, 2005, multiplied by the number of resident days eligible for state payment for the period between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006, less resident day user fees accrued for the period between July 1, 2005, and June 30, 2006. The Commissioner of Social Services may compare expenditures for wages, and salary increases provided to administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, to such expenditures in the year ending June 30, 2005, to verify compliance with this section. In the event that the commissioner determines that a facility did apply its net gain in revenue to wage and salary increases for administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees, the commissioner shall recover such amounts from the facility through rate adjustments or other means. The commissioner may require facilities to file cost reporting forms, in addition to the annual cost report, as may be necessary, to verify the appropriate application of any net gain.
(P.A. 05-251, S. 85; 05-280, S. 52; P.A. 06-196, S. 141.)
History: P.A. 05-251 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 05-280 deleted requirement that at least 85% of net gain in revenue be applied to increased wages, benefits and staffing, replaced “state revenue taxes” with “resident day user fees”, removed requirement that commissioner compare expenditures for fiscal year 2006 wages, benefits and staffing to 2005 expenditures, allowing commissioner instead to compare fiscal year expenditures on salary increases provided to administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees to verify compliance with the provisions of section, and added provision authorizing commissioner to recover, through facility rate adjustments, any net gains in revenue applied to wage and salary increases for administrators, assistant administrators, owners or related party employees, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change, effective June 7, 2006.
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Secs. 17b-325 to 17b-336. Reserved for future use.
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