STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 3495

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed by VITALE)

ADOPTED: DECEMBER 11, 2023

      These Senate amendments revise the scope of the bill to eliminate provisions of the bill that would have provided presumptive eligibility for nursing home services to certain individuals and would have reimbursed nursing home facilities for the nursing home services provided to those individuals.

      The Senate amendments revise the effective date of the bill to the first date of the 18th month after enactment and specify that the Commissioner of Human Services may take advance anticipatory administrative action as is needed for implementation.

      The Senate amendments revise the title and synopsis of the bill to reflect these changes.