Connecticut 2025 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06556 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/23/2025

                     
 
LCO No. 2651   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6556  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 2651 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. LINEHAN, 103rd Dist. 
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. 
SEN. HARTLEY, 15th Dist. 
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. 
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. 
REP. POLLETTA, 68th Dist. 
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist. 
REP. NAPOLI, 73rd Dist. 
REP. DIGIOVANCARLO, 74th Dist. 
REP. BUTLER, 72nd Dist. 
REP. PIZZUTO, 71st Dist. 
REP. REYES, 75th Dist. 
SEN. RAHMAN, 4th Dist. 
REP. BIGGINS, 11th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVERS AND 
THE EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ENSURE THE CONTINUITY 
OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN HOSPITALS FACING FINANCIAL 
DISTRESS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to authorize (1) the Attorney 1 
General to petition the Superior Court for the appointment of a receiver 2 
to manage hospitals in financial distress or operational crisis, and (2) the 3 
state to exercise eminent domain to assume control of hospital facilities 4 
at risk of closure due to financial instability.  5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To ensure that health care infrastructure remains resilient and 
accessible.