SustiNet Health Partnership Board of Directors Co-Chairs Phone: Nancy Wyman 866.466.4446 State Comptroller Facsimile 860.297.3992 Kevin Lembo E-Mail State Healthcare Advocate
[email protected] Post Office Box 1543 Hartford, CT 06144-1543 www.ct.gov/SustiNet Implementing SustiNet Following Federal Enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010: A Preliminary Report to the Connecticut General Assembly May 30, 2010 By: The SustiNet Health Partnership Board of Directors Nancy Wyman, State Comptroller, Co-Chair Kevin Lembo, State Healthcare Advocate, Co-Chair Hartford, CT Board of Directors Bruce Gould x Paul Grady x Bonita Grubbs x Norma Gyle x Jeffrey Kramer Estela Lopez x Sal Luciano x Joseph McDonagh x Jamie Mooney CT P.A. 09-148 §3(b)(16): “In the event of the enactment of federal health care reform, to submit preliminary recommendations for the implementation of the SustiNet Plan to the General Assembly not later than sixty days after the date of enactment of such federal health care reform” ii Table of contents Executive Summary........................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 3 State legislative context .................................................................................................................. 5 National reforms: A broad overview .............................................................................................