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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 261
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 952
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. GORDON, 35th Dist.
AN ACT LIMITING THE ABILITY OF PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS TO
PURCHASE HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to impose restrictions on 1
private equity firms buying, operating or holding a controlling interest 2
in hospitals, including, but not limited to, (1) restrictions on the ability 3
of a private equity firm to lease the property back to the hospital for a 4
fee after purchasing the land rights, and (2) preventing health care 5
facilities, health care providers and health care provider organizations 6
from directly or indirectly interfering with, controlling or otherwise 7
directing the professional judgment or clinical decisions of health care 8
clinicians with independent practice authority. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To limit the ability for private equity firms to purchase medical care
facilities and further protect health care clinicians from the corporate
practice of medicine.