General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5568
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 3325
*03325HB05568CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5568
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 3325
*03325HB05568CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING TARGETED HEALTH AREAS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or after October 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and a representative designated by the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall, within available resources, designate as targeted health areas not more than ten municipalities that have (1) a medically-underserved population, or (2) a population with a high rate of chronic disease. Said commissioners and representative shall identify any needed medical specialty in any municipality designated as a targeted health area.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For the purposes of the Small Business Express program established pursuant to section 32-7g of the general statutes, a small business eligible for assistance shall include (1) a physician licensed in Connecticut who (A) is engaged in the active practice of primary care for adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) practices in a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; (2) a physician office that, as of the effective date of this section (A) provides primary care services to adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) is located in an area designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; or (3) any physician located within a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act who meets the criteria of subsection (a) of section 32-7g of the general statutes.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Sec. 2
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a Targeted Health Area program and provide economic incentives to licensed physicians and physician offices providing primary care services or needed medical specialties in such targeted health areas.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.
H.B. 5568