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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 696 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 256 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 696 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. HARDING, 30th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT REVISING THE CERTIFICATE OF NEED PROCESS FOR | |
| 19 | 19 | LABOR AND DELIVERY AND INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. | |
| 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 title 19a of the general statutes be amended to revise the 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | certificate of need process to enhance the scrutiny surrounding the 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | proposed closure of a labor and delivery or intensive care unit, 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | including, but not limited to, a requirement that a closure of such a unit 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | be permitted only when another such unit exists within twenty-five 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | miles of the labor and delivery or intensive care unit that is the subject 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | of the certificate of need application. 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To protect residents from living in a health care desert. |