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