Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 368v · 234 active provisions
(a) Whenever the words “home for the aged” or “homes for the aged” are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words “residential care home” or “residential care homes”, respectively, shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 1-19, 9-19c, 9-19d, 9-159q, 10a-178, 12-407, 12-412, 17b-340, 1…
For purposes of sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive: (1) “Nonprofit hospital” means a nonprofit entity licensed as a hospital pursuant to this chapter and any entity affiliated with such a hospital through governance or membership, including, but not limited to, a holding company or subsidiary. (2) “Purchaser” mean…
(a) No nonprofit hospital shall enter into an agreement to transfer a material amount of its assets or operations or a change in control of operations to a person that is organized or operated for profit without first having received approval of the agreement by the commissioner and the Attorney General pursuant to sec…
(a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of receipt of the completed application pursuant to subsection (e) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and the commissioner shall approve the application, with or without modification, or deny the application. The commissioner shall also determine, in acco…
(a) The Attorney General shall deny an application as not in the public interest if the Attorney General determines that one or more of the following conditions exist: (1) The transaction is prohibited by Connecticut statutory or common law governing nonprofit entities, trusts or charities; (2) the nonprofit hospital f…
(a) The commissioner shall deny an application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a unless the commissioner finds that: (1) In a situation where the asset or operation to be transferred provides or has provided health care services to the uninsured or underinsured, the purchaser has made a commitment to…
Prior to making any decision to approve, with or without modification, or deny any application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and the commissioner shall jointly conduct one or more public hearings, one of which shall be in the primary service area of the nonprofit hospital. A…
If the commissioner or the Attorney General denies an application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a, or approves it with modification, the nonprofit hospital or the purchaser may appeal such decision in the same manner as provided in section 4-183, provided that nothing in sections 19a-486 to 19a-486…
The Commissioner of Public Health shall refuse to issue a license to, or if issued shall suspend or revoke the license of, a hospital if the commissioner finds, after a hearing and opportunity to be heard, that: (1) There was a transaction described in section 19a-486a that occurred without the approval of the Commissi…
Nothing in sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, shall be construed to limit: (1) The common law or statutory authority of the Attorney General; (2) the statutory authority of the Commissioner of Public Health including, but not limited to, licensing; (3) the statutory authority of the Commissioner of Health Strateg…
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliation” means the formation of a relationship between two or more entities that permits the entities to negotiate jointly with third parties over rates for professional medical services; (2) “Captive professional entity” means a partnership, professional corporation, limited liabi…
(a) On or before October 31, 2024, and semiannually thereafter, each hospital, as defined in section 12-263p, shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Health Strategy that identifies, for each of the two prior calendar quarters, (1) the number of days of cash on hand, or days cash and cash equivalents otherwise ava…
(a) “Mobile field hospital” means a modular, transportable facility used intermittently, deployed at the discretion of the Governor, or the Governor's designee, (1) for the provision of medical services at a mass gathering; (2) for the purpose of training or in the event of a public health or other emergency for isolat…
Any additional mobile field hospital beds and related equipment obtained for the purpose of enhancing the state's bed surge capacity or providing isolation care under the state's public health preparedness planning and response activities shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of section 19a-638.
The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement mobile field hospital policies and procedures for isolation care and emergency services.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Institution” means a hospital, short-term hospital special hospice, hospice inpatient facility, residential care home, nursing home facility, home health care agency, home health aide agency, behavioral health facility, assisted living services agency…
As used in sections 17b-349, 19a-7e and 19a-59b, “community health center” means a public or nonprofit private medical care facility which (1) is not part of a hospital and is organized and operated to provide comprehensive primary care services; (2) is located in an area which has a demonstrated need for services base…
(a) Upon the written request of a patient or the patient's attorney or authorized representative, or pursuant to a written authorization, an institution licensed pursuant to this chapter shall furnish to the person making such request a copy of the patient's health record, including but not limited to, copies of bills,…
Section 19a-490c is repealed, effective July 11, 2001.
Each health care facility or institution licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to this chapter, if advised by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and each health care facility or institution that employs state employees, except the dental clinics operated by The University of Conne…
Each hospital, licensed by the Department of Public Health as a short-term general hospital, out-patient surgical facility and out-patient clinic shall include in the record of each trauma patient, the international code for external cause of injuries known as an E-code. Each such facility shall include the E-code on r…
(a) Each hospital, outpatient surgical facility and outpatient clinic shall report or cause a report to be made to the local police department or the state police of each person treated for a bullet wound, a gunshot wound or any injury arising from the discharge of a firearm or a stab wound that is a serious physical i…
The Department of Public Health shall develop and produce a consumer guide of bilingual information on home health care agencies and home health aide agencies.
(a) Each hospital licensed by the Department of Public Health as a short-term general hospital, outpatient surgical facility or outpatient clinic shall include in the record of each trauma patient a notation indicating the extent and outcome of screening for alcohol and substance abuse. For purposes of this section, “t…
Each acute care hospital in this state shall: (1) Develop and annually review a policy on the provision of interpreter services to non-English-speaking patients; (2) Ensure the availability of interpreter services to patients whose primary language is spoken by a group comprising not less than five per cent of the popu…