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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1480 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5199 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1480 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. NUCCIO, 53rd Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE TERMINATION OF INPATIENT OR |
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| 19 | 19 | | OUTPATIENT SERVICES OFFERED BY A HOSPITAL. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That chapter 638z of the general statutes be amended to (1) require a 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hospital to demonstrate, with clear and convincing evidence, to the 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Office of Health Strategy in conjunction with an application for a 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | certificate of need for the termination of any inpatient or outpatient 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | services that such termination would not decrease health care 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | accessibility or affordability in the affected area, (2) require the Office of 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Health Strategy to notify the joint standing committee of the General 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | regarding a hospital's appeal of a decision of said office denying an 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | application for a certificate of need for the termination of any inpatient 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | or outpatient services, and (3) prohibit the overturning of a decision by 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the Office of Health Strategy denying a hospital's application for a 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | certificate of need for the termination of inpatient or outpatient services 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | absent any new information that was otherwise unavailable at the time 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | said office rendered its decision denying such application. 15 Proposed Bill No. 5199 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 1480 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 43 | 43 | | To (1) prohibit the termination of inpatient or outpatient services |
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| 44 | 44 | | provided by a hospital without clear and convincing evidence that such |
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| 45 | 45 | | termination would not decrease health care accessibility or affordability |
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| 46 | 46 | | in the affected area, (2) require the notification of the joint standing |
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| 47 | 47 | | committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters |
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| 48 | 48 | | relating to public health regarding the need for termination of any |
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| 49 | 49 | | inpatient or outpatient services offered by a hospital, and (3) prohibit |
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| 50 | 50 | | the overturning of a decision made by the Office of Health Strategy |
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| 51 | 51 | | denying an application for a certificate of need for termination of |
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| 52 | 52 | | inpatient or outpatient services offered by a hospital absent new |
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| 53 | 53 | | evidence. |
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