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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut requires nursing homes to spend 80 percent of revenue on direct resident care starting July 1, 2026
Last action · April 7, 2026: File Number 461Sponsors: Martin Looney and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Beginning July 1, 2026, nursing homes in Connecticut must spend at least 80 percent of their revenue from Medicaid, Medicare, and other sources on direct patient care, with potential reimbursement penalties for noncompliance starting in 2029.
Nursing facility operators face a mandatory operational threshold requiring the vast majority of all incoming revenue to go directly to resident care staffing and supplies rather than administrative overhead or profit, under penalty of lowered state reimbursement rates.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Nursing home facilities
Nursing homes must allocate at least 80 percent of all revenue sources to direct resident care and face possible Medicaid reimbursement rate reductions starting July 1, 2028, for noncompliance.
Nursing personnel
Advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, and nurse's aides are covered under the direct care staffing definition whose salaries and benefits comprise the expenditure threshold.
Department of Social Services
The department is required to enforce the spending threshold, evaluate facility compliance, potentially adjust reimbursement rates, and incur staffing costs for oversight.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the Senate floor.
Procedural history
9 actions- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 461
- Apr 7, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 273
- Apr 7, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Apr 7, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 30, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 04/07/26 12:00 PM
- Mar 20, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
Show 3 earlier actions
- Mar 19, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable
- Feb 27, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 03/03
- Feb 26, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Human Services
Version history
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Mandatory Revenue Allocation for Nursing Facilities
The state shifts from general reimbursement modeling to enforcing a strict 80 percent floor on direct patient care expenditures across all payment sources starting in fiscal year 2027.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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