Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06600 Compare Versions

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3	3	LCO No. 1560 1 of 2
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5	5	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6600
6	6	January Session, 2025
7	7	LCO No. 1560
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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13	13	Introduced by:
14	14	REP. KLARIDES-DITRIA, 105th Dist.
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18	18	AN ACT ELIMINATING CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF NEED
19	19	REQUIREMENTS.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21	Assembly convened:
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23	23	That section 19a-638 of the general statutes be amended to eliminate 1
24	24	all certificate of need requirements, except for: (1) A transfer of 2
25	25	ownership of a health care facility or ownership of a large group practice 3
26	26	to any entity other than a physician or group of two or more physicians, 4
27	27	legally organized in a partnership, professional corporation or limited 5
28	28	liability company formed to render professional services and not 6
29	29	employed by or an affiliate of any hospital, medical foundation, 7
30	30	insurance company or similar entity; (2) the termination of inpatient or 8
31	31	outpatient services offered by a hospital, including, but not limited to, 9
32	32	the termination by a short-term acute care general hospital or children's 10
33	33	hospital of inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse 11
34	34	services; (3) the termination of surgical services by an outpatient 12
35	35	surgical facility, as defined in section 19a-493b of the general statutes, or 13
36	36	a facility that provides outpatient surgical services as part of the 14
37	37	outpatient surgery department of a short-term acute care general 15 Proposed Bill No. 6600
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40	40	LCO No. 1560 2 of 2
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42	42	hospital, provided termination of outpatient surgical services due to (A) 16
43	43	insufficient patient volume, or (B) the termination of any subspecialty 17
44	44	surgical service; (4) the termination of an emergency department by a 18
45	45	short-term acute care general hospital or the termination of inpatient or 19
46	46	outpatient services offered by a hospital or other facility or institution 20
47	47	operated by the state that provides services that are eligible for 21
48	48	reimbursement under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social Security 22
49	49	Act, 42 USC 301; (5) the relocation of outpatient, behavioral health care, 23
50	50	substance use disorder, women's health care or emergency medical 24
51	51	services outside of the municipality in which such services are currently 25
52	52	provided; (6) any investment in a health care facility by a private equity 26
53	53	company in which the private equity company acquires a controlling 27
54	54	interest, either directly or indirectly, in a health care facility, or 28
55	55	otherwise obtains the ability to exercise operational control, managerial 29
56	56	control or decision-making authority over such facility; and (7) any 30
57	57	transaction in which a private equity company acquires a controlling 31
58	58	interest, either directly or indirectly, in a large group practice of ten or 32
59	59	more full-time equivalent physicians, or otherwise obtains the ability to 33
60	60	exercise operational control, managerial control or decision-making 34
61	61	authority over such large group practice. 35
62	62	Statement of Purpose:
63	63	To eliminate certain certificate of need requirements.