LCO No. 2532 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 391 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 2532 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING A CERTIFICATE OF NEED FOR CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to exempt medical equipment 1 costing under four hundred thousand dollars from the certificate of 2 need requirements. 3 Statement of Purpose: To allow a public health institution to move quickly to service the needs of its community.