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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 898 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 837 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 898 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT CONCERNING OVERSIGHT OF GROUP PRACTICE |
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| 19 | 19 | | ACQUISITIONS AND MERGERS. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to (1) require each 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | group practice that submits written notice of a material change to its 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | business or corporate structure to the Attorney General pursuant to 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | section 19a-486i of the general statutes to submit information concerning 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | such group practice's intended acquisitions or mergers, including, but 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | not limited to, intended acquisitions or mergers of such group practice 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | by or with any hospital, private equity company, insurer, corporation or 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | other group practice, to the Commissioner of Health Strategy, (2) repeal 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | subsection (b) of section 19a-639 of the general statutes concerning the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | presumption in favor of approving certificate of need applications for a 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | transfer of ownership of a large group practice when an offer was made 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | in response to a request for proposal or similar voluntary offer for sale, 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | and (3) require the Health Care Cabinet, established pursuant to section 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 19a-725 of the general statutes, to examine methods to increase oversight 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of acquisitions and mergers of group practices in the state and develop 15 Proposed Bill No. 837 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 898 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | legislative recommendations concerning such methods. 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 44 | 44 | | To promote health care industry competition and better health care |
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| 45 | 45 | | quality in the state. |
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