| 9 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 594b of the general statutes, a stock corporation organized under chapter 601 of the general statutes, or any predecessor statutes thereto, or a foreign stock corporation or nonstock corporation, foreign limited partnership or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business or conduct affairs under chapter 601, 602, 610 or 613 of the general statutes, or any predecessor statutes thereto, that is a party to a letter of intent with (1) Greater Waterbury Health Network, Inc. , (2) Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, Inc. , or (3) a hospital or health system, other than Greater Waterbury Health Network, Inc. and Bristol Hospital and Health Care Group, Inc. , that has entered into a letter of intent on or before August 1, 2013, may be a member of a medical foundation and operate for profit. |
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| 16 | + | Section 1. Section 19a-649 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013): |
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| 18 | + | (a) The office shall review annually the level of uncompensated care provided by each hospital to the indigent. Each hospital shall file annually with the office its policies regarding the provision of charity care and reduced cost services to the indigent, excluding medical assistance recipients, and its debt collection practices. A hospital shall file its audited financial statements not later than February twenty-eighth of each year. Not later than March thirty-first of each year, the hospital shall file a verification of the hospital's net revenue for the most recently completed fiscal year in a format prescribed by the office. |
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| 20 | + | (b) Each hospital shall annually report, along with data submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, (1) the number of applicants for charity care and reduced cost services, (2) the number of approved applicants, and (3) the total and average charges and costs of the amount of charity care and reduced cost services provided. |
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| 22 | + | (c) Each hospital recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, shall, along with data submitted annually pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, submit to the office (1) a complete copy of such hospital's most-recently completed Internal Revenue Service form 990, including all parts and schedules; and (2) in the form and manner prescribed by the office, data compiled to prepare such hospital's community health needs assessment, as required pursuant to Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time. |
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| 24 | + | Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 19a-653 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013): |
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| 26 | + | (a) Any person or health care facility or institution that is required to file a certificate of need for any of the activities described in section 19a-638, and any person or health care facility or institution that is required to file data or information under any public or special act or under this chapter or sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, or any regulation adopted or order issued under this chapter or said sections, which wilfully fails to seek certificate of need approval for any of the activities described in section 19a-638 or to so file within prescribed time periods, shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to one thousand dollars a day for each day such person or health care facility or institution conducts any of the described activities without certificate of need approval as required by section 19a-638 or for each day such information is missing, incomplete or inaccurate. [Any health care facility or provider that fails to complete the inventory questionnaire, as required by section 19a-634, shall not be subject to civil penalties under this section.] Any civil penalty authorized by this section shall be imposed by the Department of Public Health in accordance with subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of this section. |
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| 28 | + | Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 19a-681 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013): |
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| 30 | + | (b) If the billing detail by line item on a detailed patient bill does not agree with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the office for the date of service specified on the bill, the hospital shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per occurrence payable to the state not later than fourteen days after the date of notification. The penalty shall be imposed in accordance with section 19a-653, as amended by this act. The office may issue an order requiring such hospital, not later than fourteen days after the date of notification of an overcharge to a patient, to adjust the bill to be consistent with the schedule of charges on file with the office for the date of service specified on the detailed patient bill. For purposes of this section, "detailed patient bill" means a patient billing statement that includes, in each line item, the hospital's current pricemaster code, a description of the charge and the billed amount. |
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| 35 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 36 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2013 19a-649 |
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| 37 | + | Sec. 2 October 1, 2013 19a-653(a) |
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| 38 | + | Sec. 3 October 1, 2013 19a-681(b) |
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| 40 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 42 | + | Section 1 |
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| 44 | + | October 1, 2013 |
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| 46 | + | 19a-649 |
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| 48 | + | Sec. 2 |
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| 50 | + | October 1, 2013 |
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| 52 | + | 19a-653(a) |
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| 54 | + | Sec. 3 |
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| 56 | + | October 1, 2013 |
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| 58 | + | 19a-681(b) |
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| 62 | + | PH Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 63 | + | JUD Joint Favorable |
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| 65 | + | PH |
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| 67 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |
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| 71 | + | Joint Favorable |
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