Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17b-262 (2026)

(Formerly Sec. 17-134d). Regulations. Admissions to nursing home facilities

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The Commissioner of Social Services may make such regulations as are necessary to administer the medical assistance program. Such regulations shall include provisions requiring the Department of Social Services (1) to monitor admissions to nursing home facilities, as defined in section 19a-521, and (2) to prohibit the admission by such facilities of persons with primary psychiatric diagnoses if such admission would jeopardize federal reimbursements.

(1967, P.A. 759, S. 1(d); P.A. 75-420, S. 4, 6; P.A. 77-614, S. 608, 610; P.A. 87-113; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87.)

History: P.A. 75-420 replaced welfare commissioner with commissioner of social services; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of social services with commissioner of income maintenance, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-113 added requirements for the regulations in Subdivs. (1) and (2); P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17-134d transferred to Sec. 17b-262 in 1995.

Annotations to former section 17-134d:

Cited. 168 C. 336. Since disclaimer is invalid, state may reassess eligibility for assistance. 179 C. 463. Cited. 191 C. 384; 204 C. 17; 216 C. 85; 226 C. 818.

Cited. 40 CS 394.

Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 567.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 233 C. 557. Provision in Regs., Conn. State Agencies Sec. 17-134d-33(e)(1)(C) that entitles individual to nonemergency medical transportation to and from a medical provider only if services provided are “medical services covered by Medicaid” means services for which Medicaid program will actually pay, not services of a type covered by Medicaid; transportation costs that are eligible for Medicaid payment only if such medical services are provided in “a clinic or hospital setting” are not of same type as transportation costs for services provided by an independent psychologist in a private office setting, which are ineligible for Medicaid payment. 276 C. 618.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2024 · leading case: Skindzier v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 784 A.2d 323 (Conn. 2001).
Skindzier v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 784 A.2d 323 (Conn. 2001). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, 6 the department has developed Connecticut’s state medicaid plan and has promulgated regulations that govern its administration.”
Goldstar Med. Servs., Inc. v. Dep't of Soc. Servs., 955 A.2d 15 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 2× ““General Statutes § 17b-2 (8) designates the department as the state agency responsible for administering the state’s medicaid program.”
Ahern v. Thomas, 733 A.2d 756 (Conn. 1999). · cites it 4× “The medicaid act requires that a state’s medicaid plan make “medical assistance” available to qualified individuals.”
Sikand v. Wilson-Coker, 888 A.2d 74 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 17b-262. 4 In 2002, the legislature enacted General Statutes § 17b-28e, which required the commissioner to amend the state medicaid plan to “implement the provisions of public act 02-1 of the May 9 special session concerning optional services under the…”
Semerzakis v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs., 873 A.2d 911 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 2× “If, after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning of such text is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable results, extratextual evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.”
Sunrise Healthcare Corp. v. Azarigian, 821 A.2d 835 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, the department has developed Connecticut’s state medicaid plan and has promulgated regulations that govern its administration.”
Pikula v. Dept. of Soc. Servs., 138 A.3d 212 (Conn. 2016). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, the department has developed Connecticut's state [M]edicaid plan and has promulgated regulations that govern its administration.”
Muniz v. Allied Cmty. Resources, Inc., 948 A.2d 1071 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “Under General Statutes § 17b-262, the commissioner of social services promulgated regulations governing the program.”
Romanelli v. Dept. of Soc. Servs., 226 Conn. App. 131 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, the [defendant] has developed Connecticut’s state [M]edicaid plan and has promul- gated regulations that govern its administration.”
Palomba-Bourke v. Comm'r of Soc. Servs. (Conn. 2014). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, the department has developed Connecticut’s state [M]edicaid plan and has promulgated regulations that govern its administra- tion.”
Pikula v. Dept. of Soc. Servs. (Conn. 2016). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to General Statutes §§ 17b-262 and 17b-10, the department has developed Connecticut’s state [M]edicaid plan and has promulgated regulations that govern its administra- tion.”
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