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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-241 (2026)

(Formerly Sec. 17-312b). Payments to mental health and substance abuse residential facilities and freestanding detoxification centers

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(a) Any rates established by the Commissioner of Social Services in effect February 1, 1991, for mental health and substance abuse residential facilities shall remain in effect through June 30, 1992, except those which would have been decreased effective July 1, 1991, shall be decreased. Any rate increases made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers.

(b) Any rates established by the Commissioner of Social Services in effect February 1, 1991, for freestanding detoxification centers shall remain in effect through June 30, 1992, except those which would have been decreased effective July 1, 1991, shall be decreased. Any rate increases made during the fiscal years ending June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers. Any freestanding detoxification center which has an established rate below the average and, due to a material change in circumstances resulting in financial hardship, is aggrieved by a rate determined pursuant to this subsection may, within ten days of receipt of written notice of such rate from the commissioner, request in writing a hearing on such rate. The commissioner shall, upon the receipt of all documentation necessary to evaluate the request, determine whether there has been such a change in circumstances and shall conduct a hearing if appropriate.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-8, S. 16, 63; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16, S. 33, 89; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-418, S. 23, 41.)

History: May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-16 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) by adding provision to each requiring that any rate increases made during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, shall not exceed the most recent annual increase in the consumer price index for urban consumers; P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-418 amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to the fiscal years ending June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995 and added provision regarding free-standing detoxification centers' request for hearing on a rate established by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-312b transferred to Sec. 17b-241 in 1995.

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Cited in 2 cases, 2005–2007 · leading case: Peters v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 870 A.2d 448 (Conn. 2005).
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Peters v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 870 A.2d 448 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 2× “of contributions by legally liable relatives pursuant to General Statutes § 4a-12); General Statutes § 17b-99 (a) (revocation of vendor licenses and franchises); General Statutes § 17b-112 (g) (“[a]n applicant or recipient of temporary family assistance who is adversely affected…”
Ferguson Mech. Co. v. Dep't of Pub. Works, 924 A.2d 846 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “of contributions by legally liable relatives pursuant to General Statutes § 4a-12); General Statutes § 17b-99 (a) (revocation of vendor licenses and franchises); General Statutes § 17b-112 (g) (‘[a]n applicant or recipient of temporary family assistance who is adversely affected…”
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