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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 816
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 816
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
	11	+	EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	19		AN ACT ALLOWING THE CONNECTICUT HEALTH AND
15		-	EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY TO ~~MAKE LOANS FOR THE~~
16		-	~~COST OF RELATED HEAL TH~~ CARE INSTITUTIONS.
	20	+	EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY TO ASSIST RELATED
	21	+	HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS.
17	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	23		Assembly convened:
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20		-	Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 10a-178 of the general statutes is 1
	25	+	Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 10a-178 of the general statutes is 1
21	26		repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 2
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23		-	(b) "Project", (1) in the case of a participating institution for higher 4
24		-	education, means a structure suitable for use as a dormitory or other 5
25		-	housing facility, including housing for staff members, employees or 6
26		-	students at such institution of higher education, dining hall, student 7
27		-	union, administration building, academic building, library, laboratory, 8
28		-	research facility, classroom, athletic facility, health care facility, and 9
29		-	maintenance, storage or utility facility and other structures or facilities 10
30		-	related thereto or required or useful for the instruction of students or 11
31		-	the conducting of research or the operation of an institution for higher 12
32		-	education, including parking and other facilities or structures essential 13
33		-	or convenient for the orderly conduct of such institution for higher 14
34		-	education, also including equipment and machinery and other similar 15
35		-	items necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular facility 16
36		-	or structure in the manner for which its use is intended or for the 17
37		-	operation of a participating institution for higher education, or any 18 Substitute Bill No. 816
	28	+	(g) "Health care institution" means (1) any nonprofit, state-aided 4
	29	+	hospital or other health care institution, including The University of 5
	30	+	Connecticut Health Center, which is entitled, under the laws of the 6
	31	+	state, to receive assistance from the state by means of a grant made 7
	32	+	pursuant to a budgetary appropriation made by the General 8
	33	+	Assembly, (2) any other hospital or other health care institution which 9
	34	+	is licensed, or any nonprofit, nonstock corporation which shall receive 10
	35	+	financing or shall undertake to construct or acquire a project which is 11
	36	+	or will be eligible to be licensed, as an institution under the provisions 12
	37	+	of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, or any nonprofit, nonstock, 13
	38	+	nonsectarian facility which is exempt from taxation under the 14 Raised Bill No. 816
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44		-	combination thereof, but shall not include such items as books, fuel, 19
45		-	supplies or other items the purchase of which is customarily deemed 20
46		-	to result in a current operating charge; (2) in the case of a participating 21
47		-	health care institution, means a structure suitable for use as a hospital, 22
48		-	clinic, or other health care facility, laboratory, laundry, residence 23
49		-	facility, including housing for nurses, interns, staff members, 24
50		-	employees or students at such health care institution and their 25
51		-	immediate families and for physically or mentally handicapped 26
52		-	persons, administration building, research facility, related health care 27
53		-	institution, as defined in subsection (r) of this section, and 28
54		-	maintenance, storage or utility facility and other structures or facilities 29
55		-	related thereto or required or useful for the operation of the project, 30
56		-	including parking and other facilities or structures essential or 31
57		-	convenient for the orderly operation of such project, also including 32
58		-	equipment and machinery and other similar items necessary or 33
59		-	convenient for the operation of the project in the manner for which its 34
60		-	use is intended or for the operation of a participating health care 35
61		-	institution, or any combination thereof, but shall not include such 36
62		-	items as fuel, supplies or other items the purchase of which is 37
63		-	customarily deemed to result in a current operating charge; (3) in the 38
64		-	case of a participating qualified nonprofit organization, means a 39
65		-	structure or facility owned in its entirety by, or suitable for use in 40
66		-	accordance with the charitable or nonprofit status of the qualified 41
67		-	nonprofit organization, also including equipment and machinery and 42
68		-	other similar items necessary or convenient for the operation of the 43
69		-	project in the manner for which its use is intended or for the operation 44
70		-	of a participating qualified nonprofit corporation; and [,] (4) in the case 45
71		-	of a participating nursing home, means a structure or facility suitable 46
72		-	for use as a nursing home, residential care home, rest home, health 47
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74		-	living facility subject to the licensing requirements of chapter 368v and 49
75		-	appurtenant facilities, equipment and machinery and other similar 50
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85		-	Sec. 2. Section 10a-178 of the general statutes is amended by adding 54
86		-	subsection (r) as follows (Effective July 1, 2019): 55
87		-	(NEW) (r) "Related health care institution" means any hospital, 56
88		-	health care institution, institution, as defined in subsection (a) of 57
89		-	section 19a-490, that is constructed or acquired by a nonprofit, 58
90		-	nonstock corporation or any nonprofit, nonstock, nonsectarian health 59
91		-	care center that conducts activities and carries out purposes as 60
92		-	described in subsection (b) of section 38a-176, and (1) is located outside 61
93		-	of the state, (2) is a wholly owned or controlled subsidiary of a health 62
94		-	care institution, as defined in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (g) 63
95		-	of this section, licensed in the state, and (3) would be eligible to be 64
96		-	licensed as an institution under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 65
97		-	19a-503, inclusive, if it was located in the state. 66
	44	+	provisions of section 12-81 or 38a-188 and which is a health care center 15
	45	+	under the provisions of sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive, [or] (3) 16
	46	+	any nonprofit corporation wholly owned by two or more hospitals or 17
	47	+	other health care institutions which operates for and on behalf of such 18
	48	+	hospitals or other health care institutions a project, as defined in 19
	49	+	subsection (b) of this section, or is a nursing home, or (4) any related 20
	50	+	health care institution, as defined in subsection (r) of this section; 21
	51	+	Sec. 2. Section 10a-178 of the general statutes is amended by adding 22
	52	+	subsection (r) as follows (Effective July 1, 2019): 23
	53	+	(NEW) (r) "Related health care institution" means any hospital or 24
	54	+	health care institution, any nonprofit, nonstock corporation that 25
	55	+	constructs or acquires an institution, as defined in subsection (a) of 26
	56	+	section 19a-490, or any nonprofit, nonstock, nonsectarian health care 27
	57	+	center that conducts activities and carries out purposes as described in 28
	58	+	subsection (b) of section 38a-176, that (1) is located outside of the state, 29
	59	+	(2) is a wholly owned or controlled subsidiary of a health care 30
	60	+	institution, as defined in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (g) of 31
	61	+	this section, licensed in the state, and (3) would be eligible to be 32
	62	+	licensed as an institution under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 33
	63	+	19a-503, inclusive, if it was located in the state. 34
98	64		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
99	65		sections:
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101		-	Section 1 July 1, 2019 10a-178(b)
	67	+	Section 1 July 1, 2019 10a-178(g)
102	68		Sec. 2 July 1, 2019 10a-178
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104		-	HED Joint Favorable Subst.
	70	+	Statement of Purpose:
	71	+	To allow the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority
	72	+	to assist any Connecticut hospital, nonprofit, nonstock corporation or
	73	+	nonprofit, nonstock, nonsectarian facility with the construction or
	74	+	financing of health care institutions outside of the state.
	75	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
	76	+	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
	77	+	not underlined.]
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