CIVIL MONEY PENALTY REINVESTMENT FUND GRANT BACKGROUND
The Facility Licensing and Investigations Section within the Connecticut Department of Public Health, is responsible for the oversight and administration of the Long-Term Care Program and seeks innovative projects that support, protect and benefit nursing home residents. Civil money penalties (CMP) are imposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) when the department finds long term care facilities to be in violation of CMS conditions of participation. Connecticut receives a portion of the collected funds to be used to support projects that improve the overall quality of life and/or care of nursing home residents. CMP fund grants are only available for quality improvement initiatives that are outside the scope of normal facility operations and cannot be used to fund goods or services that the applicant already offers or is required to provide by state or federal law or regulation. On September 25, 2023, CMS released memo QSO-23-23-NHs which describes CMS's revised structure of the CMP Reinvestment Program (CMPRP).
What CMP Funds Can Be Used For:
- Resident or Family Councils: CMP funds may be used for projects by non-for profit resident advocacy organizations (Maximum $5,000 per nursing home)
- Consumer Information: CMP funds may be used to develop and disseminate information that is directly useful to nursing home residents and their families in becoming knowledgeable about their rights, nursing home care processes, and other information useful to a resident.
- Training to Improve Quality of Care: CMP funds may be considered for training in facility improvement initiatives that are open to multiple nursing homes, including joint training of facility staff and surveyors, technical assistance for facilities implementing quality assurance programs, training for resident and/or family councils, LTC ombudsman or advocacy organizations and other activities approved by CMS. Time-limited expenses incurred in the process of relocating residents to home, community-based settings or another facility when a facility is closes or downsizes pursuant to an agreement with the state Medicaid agency. (Maximum $5,000 per nursing home)
- Activities to Improve Quality of Life: CMP funds can be used for projects to foster social interaction, movement, and minimize loneliness. (Maximum $5,000 per nursing home)
- CMS Developed Global Public Health Emergency (PHE) applications: CMS developed three applications to facilitate visitation and prevent the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) infection.(Maximum $3,000 per nursing home)
- Emergency Use for States: States can use CMP funds for assistance to support and protect residents of a facility that closes (voluntarily or involuntarily) or is decertified.
- Administrative Use for States: CMP funds can be requested by the state for certain costs of administering the CMP program as part of the annual CMP State Plan process.
These are examples of Non-Allowable Use of CMP Funds
How to Apply in Connecticut:
- Applicants should be registered and approved through the Secretary of State as an approved contractor in the State of Connecticut
- Applications should be submitted through the DPH portal site.
- Applicants that already have an existing portal account should choose the tab "CMP 3 Request" Tab
- Applicants that do NOT have a login you must click "Register as a CMP User" Fill out all required fields on the registration page, choose "Nursing Home" under "Facility Type"
- Once in the portal, applicants must fill out the intake form and upload the application, budget, letters of approval and approved contractor letter from the Secretary of State
- The CMP Review Team will not review your program until all the documents are uploaded
- Approval for CMP funds will be given once Connecticut DPH approves the program and CMS approves the program
Application for CMP reinvestment program