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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6109
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN
Introduced by:
(KID)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E ALBERT J. SOLNIT CHILDREN'S
CENTER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 19a-490 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective April 2
1, 2022): 3
(a) "Institution" means a hospital, short-term hospital special hospice, 4
hospice inpatient facility, residential care home, nursing home facility, 5
home health care agency, home health aide agency, behavioral health 6
facility, assisted living services agency, substance abuse treatment 7
facility, outpatient surgical facility, outpatient clinic, an infirmary 8
operated by an educational institution for the care of students enrolled 9
in, and faculty and employees of, such institution; a facility engaged in 10
providing services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or care of 11
human health conditions, including facilities operated and maintained 12
by any state agency; and a residential facility for persons with 13
intellectual disability licensed pursuant to section 17a-227 and certified 14
to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as an intermediate care 15 Raised Bill No. 6109
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facility for individuals with intellectual disability. "Institution" does not 16
include any facility for the care and treatment of persons with mental 17
illness or substance use disorder operated or maintained by any state 18
agency, except Whiting Forensic Hospital and the hospital and 19
psychiatric residential treatment facility units of the Albert J. Solnit 20
Children's Center; 21
Sec. 2. Section 19a-490 of the general statutes is amended by adding 22
subsection (q) as follows (Effective April 1, 2022): 23
(NEW) (q) "Psychiatric residential treatment facility" means a 24
nonhospital facility with a provider agreement with the Department of 25
Social Services to provide inpatient services to Medicaid-eligible 26
individuals under the age of twenty-one. 27
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Public 28
Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of 29
chapter 54 of the general statutes, concerning licensure by the 30
Department of Public Health of the psychiatric residential treatment 31
facilities, as defined in subsection (q) of section 19a-490 of the general 32
statutes, as amended by this act, at the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center. 33
(b) The commissioner may implement policies and procedures 34
concerning the licensure of the psychiatric residential treatment 35
facilities of the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center while in the process of 36
adopting regulations pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, provided 37
(1) notice of intent to adopt regulations is published on the eRegulations 38
System not later than twenty days after the date of implementation of 39
such policies and procedures, and (2) such policies and procedures are 40
consistent with the proposed regulations. Any policies and procedures 41
implemented under this subsection shall be valid until the time final 42
regulations are adopted. 43
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 April 1, 2022 19a-490(a) Raised Bill No. 6109
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Sec. 2 April 1, 2022 19a-490
Sec. 3 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Albert J. Solnit Children's Center - South Campus to
obtain licensure from the Department of Public Health.
[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.]