Connecticut General Statutes Title 17B. Social Services § 17b-428. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)

(a) As used in this section:

(b) The commissioner may submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to add PACE program services, within available appropriations, to the Medicaid state plan.

(c) The Department of Social Services shall be the state administering agency for the state of Connecticut responsible for administering PACE program agreement services. Upon approval of the Medicaid state plan amendment, the department shall establish participation criteria for eligible individuals and PACE providers and make payments for PACE program services from funds appropriated to the Medicaid account.

(d) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54  1 to implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner, pursuant to section 17b-10, may implement policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures in regulation form, provided the commissioner posts notice of the intent to adopt the regulation on the eRegulations System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.