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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 853
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2677
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E STATE-WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION
EXCHANGE BOARD OF DI RECTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 17b-59g of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(c) Any entity established or incorporated pursuant to subsection (b) 4
of this section shall have its powers vested in and exercised by a board 5
of directors. The board of directors shall be comprised of the following 6
members who shall each serve for a term of two years: 7
(1) One member who shall have expertise as an advocate for 8
consumers of health care, appointed by the Governor; 9
(2) One member who shall have expertise as a clinical medical doctor, 10
appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; 11
(3) One member who shall have expertise in the area of hospital 12
administration, appointed by the speaker of the House of 13 Raised Bill No. 853
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Representatives; 14
(4) One member who shall have expertise in the area of corporate law 15
or finance, appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; 16
(5) One member who shall have expertise in group health insurance 17
coverage, appointed by the minority leader of the House of 18
Representatives; 19
(6) The Chief Information Officer and the Secretary of the Office of 20
Policy and Management, or their designees, who shall serve as ex-21
officio, voting members of the board; [and] 22
(7) The health information technology officer, designated in 23
accordance with section 19a-754a, who shall serve as chairperson of the 24
board; and 25
(8) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's 26
designee, who shall serve as an ex-officio, voting member of the board. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 17b-59g(c)
HS Joint Favorable