Senate GOP wants special session on nursing homes

All 14 members of the state Senate Republican minority called Thursday for a special session to save nine nursing homes from the loss of $5.3 million in funding due to a new reimbursement formula that penalize facilities with high vacancy rates.

The nine homes all fall below a new 70 percent occupancy standard set by the state for Medicaid reimbursements, and legislators say they fear the loss of revenue could lead to closures.

“We can and we must restore this funding. We would like to work together to do so,” the Republicans said in a letter directed to Democratic legislative leaders. “People need to come before partisanship and politics.”

The Medicaid policy, coupled with another funding cut for at-home care for seniors, could leave some of Connecticut’s most vulnerable seniors at risk, caucus members insisted.

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