Connecticut 2013 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05997 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2013

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5997
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 2445
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist. REP. ROVERO, 51st Dist. REP. WRIGHT C., 77th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5997 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 2445

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

REP. JANOWSKI, 56th Dist.

REP. ROVERO, 51st Dist.

REP. WRIGHT C., 77th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING FUNDING FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES AT COMMUNITY HOSPITALS FOR THE UNINSURED AND A REDUCTION IN THE STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to provide funding for uninsured health care services at local community hospitals by reducing the state earned income tax credit from the current thirty per cent of the federal level to fifteen per cent of the federal level.

Statement of Purpose: 

To help mitigate budget deficit and allocate resources to earned income tax credit and provide sufficient funding for small community hospitals to continue health care services to persons who cannot afford to pay or are uninsured.