Sec.17-311-62a. Rate adjustments for facilities subject to the provisions of section 17-314 (e) of the Connecticut general statutes

(a) "Available beds" are defined as the average number of beds occupied by medical assistance patients from this State and the average number of beds that are empty. Available beds are determined as follows:

Multiply certified beds reported in Annual Report of Long Term Care Facility by 365. Subtract from this product the total patient days reported in the Annual Report. To this number add the patient days for Connecticut Medicaid patients. Dividing this sum by 365 will result in the available beds.

(b) "Required number" is defined as the average number of beds occupied by medical assistance patients from this State during the period October 1, 1980 through September 30, 1981 and is determined by dividing the number of Medicaid patient days reported in the Annual Report of Long Term Care Facility for the cost year 1981 by three hundred sixty-five.

(c) Any facility subject to the provisions of Section 17-314 (e) of the Connecticut General Statutes, which as of the effective date of these regulations has less beds available to medical assistance patients from this State than the required number shall petition the Department stating the number of beds available in the facility as of the effective date of the regulations.

(d) If at any time after the effective date of these regulations said facility has fewer available beds than the required number, such facility shall actively solicit Connecticut Medicaid patients for admission by advising out-placement directors at referring hospitals of available vacancies and by accepting referrals of Connecticut Medicaid patients from the Department.

(e) If the average number of available beds in any such facility for the cost year falls below the required number, the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of Section 17-314 and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall apply. The excess amount shall be determined by multiplying the number of available beds less than the required number by the amount received for other allowable services in excess of the rate approved by the Commissioner and multiplying this product by 365. This amount shall be deducted from the allowable costs establishing rates for the rate period covered by the Annual Report in which the available beds were less than the required number.

(Effective December 5, 1986)