Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-112j — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-112j
Sec. 19a-112j. Commission on Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention. Duties. Membership. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission shall be composed of the following members:

(1) Two appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut Hospital Association and one of whom shall be a representative of Compass Youth Collaborative;

(2) Two appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be a representative of the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program and one of whom shall be a representative of the Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership;

(3) Two appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, one of whom shall be a representative of Hartford Communities That Care, Inc. and one of whom shall be a representative of CT Against Gun Violence;

(4) Two appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, one of whom shall be a representative of Project Longevity and one of whom shall be a representative of Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center;

(5) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a representative of Yale New Haven Hospital;

(6) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a representative of Hartford Hospital;

(7) One appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, who shall be a representative of the Greater Bridgeport Area Prevention Program;

(8) One appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, who shall be a representative of a community gun violence reduction program;

(9) One appointed by the executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, who shall be a representative of the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention;

(10) Two appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health;

(11) Two appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a member of the faculty at an academic institution and have experience in gun violence prevention and one of whom is an advocate for survivors of violent crime;

(12) One appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be employed as the highest-ranking professional police officer of an organized police department of a municipality within the state;

(13) One appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a youth representative of a group that advocates on behalf of justice-involved youth;

(14) The Commissioner of Public Health;

(15) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee;

(16) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(17) The Commissioner of Education, or the commissioner's designee;

(18) The executive director of the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity, or the executive director's designee;

(19) One appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, who shall be a municipal police chief; and

(20) One appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, who shall be a local director of health.

(c) The members of the community gun violence intervention and prevention advisory committee established under section 9 of public act 21-35* shall be deemed the initial appointments to the commission under subdivisions (1) to (10), inclusive, of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) In making appointments to the commission, the appointing authorities shall seek to select individuals for such appointments who are representative of the full geographic diversity of communities that experience community gun violence in the state.

(e) The first meeting of the commission shall be held not later than sixty days after May 7, 2022. The Commissioner of Public Health shall serve as the chairperson of the commission.

(f) A majority of the membership of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business and any decision shall be by a majority vote of those present at a meeting, except the commission may establish such subcommissions, advisory groups or other entities as it deems necessary to further the purposes of the commission, including, but not limited to, a subcommission, advisory group or other entity to evaluate the challenges associated with the provision of home health care to victims of gun violence and methods to foster a system that unites community service providers with adults and juveniles needing supports and services in order to address trauma suffered as a result of gun violence.

(g) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall, within the limits of available funds, be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.

(h) The commission shall advise the Department of Public Health regarding the development of criteria for any grant opportunities that arise through the program established pursuant to section 19a-112i .

(i) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the commission shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , and to the Commissioner of Public Health concerning the activities of the commission.

*Note: Section 9 of public act 21-35 is special in nature and therefore has not been codified but remains in full force and effect according to its terms.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-754g — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368dd / Section 19a-754g
Sec. 19a-754g. Development, publication and modification of health care cost growth benchmarks, primary care spending targets and health care quality benchmarks.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) (A) Not later than July 1, 2025, and every five years thereafter, the commissioner shall develop and adopt annual health care cost growth benchmarks and annual primary care spending targets for the succeeding five calendar years for provider entities and payers.

(B) In developing the health care cost growth benchmarks and primary care spending targets pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner shall consider (i) any historical and forecasted changes in median income for individuals in the state and the growth rate of potential gross state product, (ii) the rate of inflation, and (iii) the most recent report prepared by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of section 19a-754h .

(C) (i) The commissioner shall hold at least one informational public hearing prior to adopting the health care cost growth benchmarks and primary care spending targets for each succeeding five-year period described in this subdivision. The commissioner may hold informational public hearings concerning any annual health care cost growth benchmark and primary care spending target set pursuant to subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. Such informational public hearings shall be held at a time and place designated by the commissioner in a notice prominently posted by the commissioner on the office's Internet web site and in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall make available on the office's Internet web site a summary of any such informational public hearing and include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, to modify or not to modify any such annual benchmark or target.

(ii) If the commissioner determines, after any informational public hearing held pursuant to this subparagraph, that a modification to any health care cost growth benchmark or annual primary care spending target is, in the commissioner's discretion, reasonably warranted, the commissioner may modify such benchmark or target.

(iii) The commissioner shall annually (I) review the current and projected rate of inflation, and (II) include on the office's Internet web site the commissioner's findings of such review, including the reasons for making or not making a modification to any applicable health care cost growth benchmark. If the commissioner determines that the rate of inflation requires modification of any health care cost growth benchmark adopted under this section, the commissioner may modify such benchmark. In such event, the commissioner shall not be required to hold an informational public hearing concerning such modified health care cost growth benchmark.

(D) The commissioner shall post each adopted health care cost growth benchmark and annual primary care spending target on the office's Internet web site.

(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of this subdivision, if the average annual health care cost growth benchmark for a succeeding five-year period described in this subdivision differs from the average annual health care cost growth benchmark for the five-year period preceding such succeeding five-year period by more than one-half of one per cent, the commissioner shall submit the annual health care cost growth benchmarks developed for such succeeding five-year period to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance for the committee's review and approval. The committee shall be deemed to have approved such annual health care cost growth benchmarks for such succeeding five-year period, except upon a vote to reject such benchmarks by the majority of committee members at a meeting of such committee called for the purpose of reviewing such benchmarks and held not later than thirty days after the commissioner submitted such benchmarks to such committee. If the committee votes to reject such benchmarks, the commissioner may submit to the committee modified annual health care cost growth benchmarks for such succeeding five-year period for the committee's review and approval in accordance with the provisions of this subparagraph. The commissioner shall not be required to hold an informational public hearing concerning such modified benchmarks. Until the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to insurance approves annual health care cost growth benchmarks for the succeeding five-year period, such benchmarks shall be deemed to be equal to the average annual health care cost growth benchmark for the preceding five-year period.

(2) (A) Not later than July 1, 2025, and every five years thereafter, the commissioner shall develop and adopt annual health care quality benchmarks for the succeeding five calendar years for provider entities and payers.

(B) In developing annual health care quality benchmarks pursuant to this subdivision, the commissioner shall consider (i) quality measures endorsed by nationally recognized organizations, including, but not limited to, the National Quality Forum, the National Committee for Quality Assurance, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Joint Commission and expert organizations that develop health equity measures, and (ii) measures that: (I) Concern health outcomes, overutilization, underutilization and patient safety, (II) meet standards of patient-centeredness and ensure consideration of differences in preferences and clinical characteristics within patient subpopulations, and (III) concern community health or population health.

(C) (i) The commissioner shall hold at least one informational public hearing prior to adopting the health care quality benchmarks for each succeeding five-year period described in this subdivision. The commissioner may hold informational public hearings concerning the quality measures the commissioner proposes to adopt as health care quality benchmarks. Such informational public hearings shall be held at a time and place designated by the commissioner in a notice prominently posted by the commissioner on the office's Internet web site and in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall make available on the office's Internet web site a summary of any such informational public hearing and include the recommendations, if any, to modify or not modify any such health care quality benchmark.

(ii) If the commissioner determines, after any informational public hearing held pursuant to this subparagraph, that modifications to any health care quality benchmarks are, in the commissioner's discretion, reasonably warranted, the commissioner may modify such quality benchmarks. The commissioner shall not be required to hold an additional informational public hearing concerning such modified quality benchmarks.

(D) The commissioner shall post each adopted health care quality benchmark on the office's Internet web site.

(c) The commissioner may enter into such contractual agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, contractual agreements with actuarial, economic and other experts and consultants.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-365 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368o / Section 19a-365
Sec. 19a-365. (Formerly Sec. 19-374). Penalties.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 19-374:

Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 359.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-75a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-75a
Sec. 19a-75a. Child and adolescent psychiatrist grant program for recruitment, hiring and retention of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the number and demographics of the employers who applied for and received incentive grants from the child and adolescent psychiatrist grant program established under subsection (a) of this section, the use of incentive grant funds by such recipients and any other information deemed pertinent by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-315 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368j / Section 19a-315
Sec. 19a-315. “Ancient burial place”, “burial ground authority” and “grave marker” defined.
Status: in_force

(1) “Ancient burial place” means any tract of land within any municipality which has been used or has been in existence as a burial ground for more than one hundred years;

(2) “Burial ground authority” means the town, ecclesiastical society or cemetery association, as the case may be; and

(3) “Grave marker” means any of the following when used to mark graves in an ancient burial place, cemetery or burial ground: Tombs, monuments, gravestones, or fragments thereof and fences or curbing which enclose individual or family burial plots.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-525 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-525
Sec. 19a-525. (Formerly Sec. 19-608). Contest of citation. Informal conference. Hearing. Final order.
Status: in_force

(b) If any administrator of a nursing home facility or residential care home, or the administrator's designee, notifies the commissioner that the licensee contests the citation, the commissioner shall provide an informal conference between the licensee and the commissioner or the commissioner's designee. Not later than five business days after the conclusion of the informal conference, the commissioner shall notify the licensee of the commissioner's determination, which may include the decision to (1) vacate the citation, or (2) sustain the final determination for the citation with or without modifications. If the commissioner decides to sustain the final determination for the citation and the licensee disagrees with the commissioner's decision, the licensee may, not later than five business days after such decision, submit a request in writing to the commissioner for a hearing and the commissioner shall set the matter down for a hearing as a contested case in accordance with chapter 54. The commissioner shall, after the conclusion of the hearing, issue a final order, based on findings of fact, affirming, modifying or vacating the citation in accordance with chapter 54.

Cited. 13 CA 641.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-590 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368x / Section 19a-590
Sec. 19a-590. Liability for violations.
Status: in_force

Cited. 236 C. 845.

Cited. 38 CA 360.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-12d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-12d
Sec. 19a-12d. Commissioner of Public Health to transfer certain revenue to professional assistance program account.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after October 1, 2025, until January 1, 2028, in addition to the transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall transfer an additional two dollars from each license renewed pursuant to subdivision (1) or (3) of subsection (c) of section 19a-88 to the professional assistance program account established pursuant to section 19a-12c . Transfers made pursuant to this subsection shall occur at the same times and frequency as the transfers made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

See Secs. 20-638 to 20-638c, inclusive, for similar provisions re pharmacists and pharmacy interns.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-62a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-62a
Sec. 19a-62a. Asthma monitoring system. Posting of activities of system on department's Internet web site.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 2021, and triennially thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall post on its Internet web site the activities of the asthma screening monitoring system maintained under subsection (a) of this section, including a report of the information obtained by the department pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10-206 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-754a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368dd / Section 19a-754a
Sec. 19a-754a. Office of Health Strategy established.
Status: repealed

(b) The Office of Health Strategy shall be responsible for the following:

(1) Developing and implementing a comprehensive and cohesive health care vision for the state, including, but not limited to, a coordinated state health care cost containment strategy;

(2) Promoting effective health planning and the provision of quality health care in the state in a manner that ensures access for all state residents to cost-effective health care services, avoids the duplication of such services and improves the availability and financial stability of such services throughout the state;

(3) Directing and overseeing the State Innovation Model Initiative and related successor initiatives;

(4) (A) Coordinating the state's health information technology initiatives, (B) seeking funding for and overseeing the planning, implementation and development of policies and procedures for the administration of the all-payer claims database program established under section 19a-775a , (C) establishing and maintaining a consumer health information Internet web site under section 19a-755b , and (D) designating an unclassified individual from the office to perform the duties of a health information technology officer as set forth in sections 17b-59f and 17b-59g ;

(5) Directing and overseeing the Health Systems Planning Unit established under section 19a-612 and all of its duties and responsibilities as set forth in chapter 368z;

(6) Convening forums and meetings with state government and external stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, to discuss health care issues designed to develop effective health care cost and quality strategies;

(7) Consulting with the Commissioner of Social Services, Insurance Commissioner and Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange on the Covered Connecticut program described in section 19a-754c ;

(8) (A) Setting an annual health care cost growth benchmark and primary care spending target pursuant to section 19a-754g , (B) developing and adopting health care quality benchmarks pursuant to section 19a-754g , (C) developing strategies, in consultation with stakeholders, to meet such benchmarks and targets developed pursuant to section 19a-754g , (D) enhancing the transparency of provider entities, as defined in subdivision (13) of section 19a-754f , (E) monitoring the development of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes in the state, and (F) monitoring the adoption of alternative payment methodologies in the state; and

(9) Assist local and regional boards of education in enrolling paraeducators for coverage under (A) the qualified health plans for which such paraeducator may be eligible under section 3-123 l , (B) the Covered Connecticut program, established pursuant to section 19a-754c , or (C) Medicaid.

(c) The Office of Health Strategy shall constitute a successor, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d , 4-38e and 4-39 , to the functions, powers and duties of the following:

(1) The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange, established pursuant to section 38a-1081 , relating to the administration of the all-payer claims database pursuant to section 19a-755a ; and

(2) The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, relating to the (A) development of a chronic disease plan pursuant to section 19a-6q , (B) housing, chairing and staffing of the Health Care Cabinet pursuant to section 19a-725 , and (C) (i) appointment of the health information technology officer, and (ii) oversight of the duties of such health information technology officer as set forth in sections 17b-59f and 17b-59g .

(d) Any order or regulation of the entities listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (c) of this section that is in force on July 1, 2018, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289m — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-289m
Sec. 19a-289m. Rights and responsibilities of a procurement organization. Donee's rights. Procedures for removing or transplanting donated body parts.
Status: in_force

(b) A procurement organization shall be allowed reasonable access to information contained in records maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of section 14-10 to ascertain whether an individual at or near death is a donor.

(c) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to assess the medical suitability of a part that is or could be the subject of an anatomical gift for transplantation, therapy, research or education from a donor or a prospective donor. During such examination period, measures necessary to maintain the potential medical suitability of the part may not be withdrawn unless the hospital or procurement organization knows that the individual expressed a contrary intent.

(d) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, at any time after a donor's death, the person to which a part passes under section 19a-289j may conduct any reasonable examination necessary to assess the medical suitability of the body or part for its intended purpose.

(e) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, an examination undertaken pursuant to subsection (c) or (d) of this section may include an examination of all medical and dental records of the donor or prospective donor.

(f) Upon the death of a minor who was a donor or had signed a refusal, unless a procurement organization knows the minor is emancipated, the procurement organization shall conduct a reasonable search for the parents of the minor and provide the parents with an opportunity to revoke or amend the anatomical gift or revoke the refusal.

(g) Upon referral by a hospital pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a procurement organization shall make a reasonable search for any person listed in section 19a-289h having priority to make an anatomical gift on behalf of a prospective donor. If a procurement organization receives information that an anatomical gift to any other person was made, amended or revoked, the procurement organization shall promptly advise the other person of all relevant information.

(h) Subject to the provisions of subsection (i) of section 19a-289j , the rights of any person to which a part passes under section 19a-289j shall be superior to the rights of all others with respect to the part. Such person may accept or reject an anatomical gift in whole or in part. Subject to the terms of the document of gift and sections 19a-289 to 19a-289v , inclusive, a person that accepts an anatomical gift of an entire body may allow embalming, burial or cremation, and use of remains in a funeral service. If the gift is of a part, the person to which the part passes under section 19a-289j , upon the death of the donor and before embalming, burial or cremation, shall cause the part to be removed without unnecessary mutilation.

(i) Neither the physician who attends the decedent at death nor the physician who determines the time of the decedent's death may participate in the procedures for removing or transplanting a part from the decedent.

(j) A licensed physician or technician possessing the requisite skills and qualifications may remove a donated part from the body of a donor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490bb — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490bb
Sec. 19a-490bb. Surgical smoke evacuation system policies for hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.
Status: in_force

(1) “Hospital” means an establishment licensed pursuant to chapter 368v for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental conditions;

(2) “Outpatient surgical facility” means any entity, individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association, other than a hospital, licensed pursuant to chapter 368v to engage in providing surgical services or diagnostic procedures for human health conditions that include the use of moderate or deep sedation, moderate or deep analgesia or general anesthesia, as such levels of anesthesia are defined from time to time by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, or by such other professional or accrediting entity recognized by the Department of Public Health;

(3) “Surgical smoke” means the by-product of the use of an energy-generating device during surgery, including, but not limited to, surgical plume, smoke plume, bioaerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants and lung-damaging dust. “Surgical smoke” does not include the by-product of the use of an energy-generating device during a gastroenterological or ophthalmic procedure, which by-product is not emitted into the operating room during surgery; and

(4) “Surgical smoke evacuation system” means a system, including, but not limited to, a smoke evacuator, laser plume evacuator or local exhaust ventilator that captures and neutralizes surgical smoke (A) at the site of origin of such surgical smoke, and (B) before the surgical smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tract of any person in an operating room during surgery.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, each hospital and outpatient surgical facility shall develop a policy for the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system to prevent a person's exposure to surgical smoke. Not later than January 1, 2024, each hospital and outpatient facility shall implement such policy and, upon request, provide a copy of such policy to the Department of Public Health.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-553 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-553
Sec. 19a-553. (Formerly Sec. 19-624). Disclosure of crimes required. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-212
Sec. 19a-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-86). Nuisance arising from swampy lands.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 19-86:

Cited. 170 C. 387.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19-138a — Connecticut Code / Title 19 / Chapter 333–367 / Section 19-138a
Sec. 19-138a. Kidney disease.
Status: in_force

Note: This section was formerly published as chapter 337a.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-180b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368d / Section 19a-180b
Sec. 19a-180b. Certificate of authorization for supplemental first responder. Suspension or revocation.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 19a-180 , the Commissioner of Public Health may issue a certificate of authorization for a supplemental first responder to an emergency medical service organization who operates only in a municipality with a population of at least one hundred five thousand, but not more than one hundred fifteen thousand, as determined by the most recent population estimate by the Department of Public Health. A certificate of authorization shall be issued to an emergency medical service organization that shows proof satisfactory to the commissioner that such emergency medical service organization (1) meets the minimum standards of the commissioner in the areas of training, equipment and emergency medical services personnel, and (2) maintains liability insurance in an amount not less than one million dollars. Applications for such certificate of authorization shall be made in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Upon determination by the commissioner that an applicant is qualified to be a supplemental first responder, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of authorization effective for two years to such applicant. Such certificate of authorization shall be renewable biennially. If the commissioner determines that an applicant for such license is not so qualified, the commissioner shall provide such applicant with written notice of the denial of the application with a statement of the reasons for such denial. Such applicant shall have thirty days to request a hearing concerning the denial of the application. Any hearing conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If the commissioner's denial of a certificate of authorization is sustained after such hearing, an applicant may make new application not less than one year after the date on which such denial was sustained.

(c) The commissioner may suspend or revoke a holder's certificate of authorization for a supplemental first responder if such holder does not maintain the minimum standards of the commissioner pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (b) of this section or violates any provision of this chapter. Such holder shall have an opportunity to show compliance with all requirements for the retention of such certificate of authorization.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-124 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-124
Sec. 19a-124. Syringe services programs.
Status: in_force

(b) The programs shall: (1) Be incorporated into existing human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C outreach and prevention programs in the selected communities; (2) provide access to free and confidential exchanges of syringes; (3) provide for safe disposal or exchange of syringes; (4) provide that first-time applicants to the program receive an initial packet of syringes, educational material and a list of drug counseling services; (5) offer education on the human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C, reduction in harm caused by such viruses, and drug overdose prevention measures and assist program participants in obtaining drug treatment services; (6) provide referrals for substance abuse counseling or treatment; and (7) provide referrals for medical or mental health care.

(c) The department shall require programs to include an annual evaluation component to monitor (1) the number of syringes distributed and collected, (2) program participation rates, (3) the number of participants who are referred to treatment, and (4) the incidence of human immunodeficiency virus from injection drug use to determine if there is a reduction in the result of the syringe services program.

(d) The local health department or community-based organization of each community conducting a syringe services program shall submit a report evaluating the effectiveness of the program to the Department of Public Health.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-504a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-504a
Sec. 19a-504a. Continuation or removal of life support system. Determination of death.
Status: in_force

(b) For purposes of making a determination concerning the continuation or removal of any life support system in a general hospital licensed under section 19a-491 , an individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. Determination of death shall be made in accordance with accepted medical standards.

Cited. 44 CA 790.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-122b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-122b
Sec. 19a-122b. Hospice care programs and services. Initial licensing requirements. Prohibited use of terms “hospice” and “hospice care program”.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after January 1, 2008, any organization seeking initial licensure as a hospice by the Department of Public Health shall (1) agree to provide hospice care services for terminally ill persons on a twenty-four-hour basis in all settings including, but not limited to, a private home, nursing home, residential care home or specialized residence that provides supportive services, and (2) present to the department satisfactory evidence that such organization has the necessary qualified personnel to provide services in such settings.

(c) No organization may use the title “hospice” or “hospice care program” or make use of any title, words, letters or abbreviations indicating or implying that such organization is licensed to provide hospice services unless such organization is licensed to provide such services by the Department of Public Health.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-59k — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-59k
Sec. 19a-59k. Infant mortality review committee.
Status: in_force

(b) The cochairpersons of the infant mortality review committee shall be the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee, and a representative designated by the Connecticut chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The cochairpersons shall convene a meeting of the infant mortality review committee upon the request of the Commissioner of Public Health.

(c) The infant mortality review committee may include, but need not be limited to, any of the following members, as needed, depending on the infant death case being reviewed:

(1) A physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370, who specializes in obstetrics and gynecology, designated by the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology;

(2) A community health worker, designated by the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity;

(3) A pediatric nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378, designated by the Connecticut Nurses Association;

(4) A clinical social worker licensed pursuant to chapter 383b, designated by the Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers;

(5) The Chief Medical Examiner, or the Chief Medical Examiner's designee;

(6) A member of the Connecticut Hospital Association representing a pediatric facility;

(7) A representative of The University of Connecticut-sponsored Health Disparities Institute;

(8) A physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370, who practices neonatology, designated by the Connecticut Medical Society;

(9) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370 or advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378, designated by an association representing physician assistants or advanced practice registered nurses in the state;

(10) The Child Advocate, or the Child Advocate's designee;

(11) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(12) The Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee;

(13) The Commissioner of Early Childhood, or the commissioner's designee;

(14) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee; and

(15) Any additional member the cochairpersons determine would be beneficial to serve as a member of the committee.

(d) For any infant mortality review, the committee may consult with relevant experts to evaluate the information and findings obtained from the department pursuant to section 19a-59j and make recommendations regarding the prevention of infant deaths.

(e) The infant mortality review committee shall include available infant death reports and recommendations produced by the child fatality review panel, established pursuant to section 46a-13 l , in its review of infant deaths for the purposes of making recommendations to reduce health care disparities and identify gaps in or problems with the delivery of care or services to reduce infant deaths.

(f) Not later than ninety days after completing an infant mortality review, the committee shall, in consultation with the Office of the Child Advocate, report to the Commissioner of Public Health the recommendations and findings of the committee in a manner that complies with section 19a-25 .

(g) All information provided by the department to the infant mortality review committee or provided to any expert consulted by the committee shall be subject to the provisions of section 19a-25 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-32b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-32b
Sec. 19a-32b. Breast cancer research and education account.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 19a-266 re breast and cervical cancer screening.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-196b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368d / Section 19a-196b
Sec. 19a-196b. Response to calls from other municipalities. Transporting patients to the state's mobile field hospital.
Status: in_force

(b) Any licensed or certified ambulance may transport patients to the state's mobile field hospital when the hospital has been deployed by the Governor or the Governor's designee for the purposes specified in subsection (a) of section 19a-487 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289g — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-289g
Sec. 19a-289g. Effect of anatomical gift, amendment, revocation or refusal.
Status: in_force

(b) A donor's revocation of an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289e is not a refusal and does not bar another person specified in section 19a-289c or 19a-289h from making an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i .

(c) If a person other than the donor makes an unrevoked anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289d or an amendment to an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289e , another person may not make, amend or revoke the gift of the donor's body or part under section 19a-289i .

(d) A revocation of an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part under section 19a-289e by a person other than the donor shall not preclude another person from making an anatomical gift of the body or part under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i .

(e) In the absence of an express, contrary indication by the donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under section 19a-289c , (1) an anatomical gift of a part is neither a refusal to give another part nor a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of another part at a later time by the donor or another person; and (2) an anatomical gift of a part for one or more of the purposes set forth in section 19a-289c is not a limitation on the making of an anatomical gift of the part for any of the other purposes by the donor or any other person under section 19a-289d or 19a-289i .

(f) If a donor who is an unemancipated minor dies, a parent of the donor who is reasonably available may revoke or amend an anatomical gift of the donor's body or part.

(g) If an unemancipated minor who signed a refusal dies, a parent of the minor who is reasonably available may revoke the minor's refusal.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-40 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-40
Sec. 19a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-14). Supervision of vital statistics.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.

Annotation to former section 19-14:

Admissibility of medical examiner's report to show cause of death. 102 C. 486.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-312 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368j / Section 19a-312
Sec. 19a-312. (Formerly Sec. 19-163). Mausoleums and columbariums. Maintenance. Court order re removal of body for interment. Public nuisance.
Status: in_force

(b) When any mausoleum, vault, crypt or structure containing one or more deceased human bodies, in the opinion of the Department of Public Health, becomes a menace to public health, and the owner or owners thereof fail to remedy or remove the same to the satisfaction of said department, any court of competent jurisdiction may order the person, firm or corporation owning such structure to remove the deceased body or bodies for interment in some suitable cemetery at the expense of the person, firm or corporation owning such mausoleum, vault or crypt. If no such person, firm or corporation can be found in the county where such mausoleum, vault or crypt is located, such removal and interment shall be at the expense of the cemetery, city or town within which such mausoleum, vault or crypt is located, or of the cemetery association in charge of any such cemetery.

(c) Any cemetery or mausoleum maintained or constructed contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be enjoined in an action brought by any taxpayer of this state.

See Sec. 19a-314 re penalty for violation of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-562a
Sec. 19a-562a. Training requirements for nursing home facility and dementia special care unit or program staff.
Status: in_force

(b) Each dementia special care unit or program shall annually provide Alzheimer's and dementia specific training to all licensed and registered direct care staff and nurse's aides who provide direct patient care to residents enrolled in the dementia special care unit or program. Such requirements shall include, but not be limited to, (1) not less than eight hours of dementia-specific training, which shall be completed not later than six months after the date of employment or, if the date of employment is on or after October 1, 2014, not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of employment and not less than eight hours of such training annually thereafter, and (2) annual training of not less than two hours in pain recognition and administration of pain management techniques for direct care staff.

(c) Each dementia special care unit or program shall annually provide a minimum of one hour of Alzheimer's and dementia specific training to all unlicensed and unregistered staff, except nurse's aides, who provide services and care to residents enrolled in the dementia special care unit or program. For such staff hired on or after October 1, 2007, such training shall be completed not later than six months after the date of employment and, for such staff hired on or after October 1, 2014, not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of employment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-196 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368d / Section 19a-196
Sec. 19a-196. Complaints against emergency medical services councils, hearings and appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) For purposes of this section, the Commissioner of Public Health may appoint hearing officers to investigate complaints filed pursuant to this section.

(c) Any municipality aggrieved by any action of an emergency medical service council may file a written complaint with the commissioner describing such action and shall mail a copy of such complaint to the party that is the subject of the complaint. Any complaint filed pursuant to this section shall be filed not later than one hundred eighty days after the alleged act. Upon receipt of a properly filed complaint, the commissioner shall refer such complaint to a hearing officer appointed to investigate such complaints. The hearing officer shall, after investigation and not later than ninety days after the date of such referral, either (1) make a report to the commissioner recommending dismissal of the complaint or (2) issue an official written complaint charging the emergency medical service council with the appropriate violation. Upon receiving a report from the officer recommending dismissal of the complaint, the commissioner may issue an order dismissing the complaint or may order a further investigation or a hearing thereon. Upon receiving a complaint issued by the officer, the commissioner shall set a time and place for the hearing. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If no such report or complaint is issued, the commissioner may, in his discretion, proceed to a hearing upon the party's original complaint in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(d) A final decision shall be in writing and shall include any findings of fact and conclusions of law necessary to the commissioner's decision. Findings of fact shall be based exclusively on the evidence in the record. The final decision shall be delivered promptly to each party or his authorized representative, personally or by United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested. The final decision shall be effective when personally delivered or mailed.

(e) A municipality aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner pursuant to this section may appeal therefrom to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-358 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368o / Section 19a-358
Sec. 19a-358. (Formerly Sec. 19-362). Size of rooms.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 29-267 re inapplicability of this section to construction or alteration of building pursuant to State Building Code.

Cited. 13 CA 1.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-219 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-219
Sec. 19a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19-92). Prevention of blindness in newborn infants.
Status: in_force

(b) The prophylactic treatment required by subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any infant whose parents object to the treatment as being in conflict with their religious tenets and practice. Any person who objects to such treatment shall indemnify attending medical personnel for expenses incurred in connection with any civil action based on lack of such treatment. For purposes of this subsection, “expenses” includes, but is not limited to, judgments, settlements, attorneys' fees and court costs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-641 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-641
Sec. 19a-641. (Formerly Sec. 19a-158). Appeals.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 19-73p:

Cited. 182 C. 314.

Cited. 32 CS 300; 34 CS 225; 35 CS 13.

Annotations to former section 19a-158:

Cited. 196 C. 451; 208 C. 663; 210 C. 697; 214 C. 726; 226 C. 105; 235 C. 128.

Cited. 2 CA 68.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490hh — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490hh
Sec. 19a-490hh. Appointment of medical staff or an individual medical staff member of a hospital. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Public Health may amend existing regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-14 as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-343d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368m / Section 19a-343d
Sec. 19a-343d. Appointment of receiver. Powers and duties. Accounts. Removal by court. Final accounting. Liability of receiver.
Status: in_force

(b) The receiver shall with all reasonable speed, remove the delinquent matters and deficiencies in the property or any portion thereof constituting a serious fire hazard or a serious threat to life, health or safety. During the term of the receivership, the receiver shall repair and maintain the property or any portion thereof in a safe and healthful condition. The receiver shall have the power to let contracts therefor in accordance with the provisions of local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations. Notwithstanding any such laws, ordinances, rules or regulations, the receiver may let contracts or incur expenses for individual items of repairs, improvements or supplies without advertisement or the procurement of competitive bids where the total amount of any such individual item does not exceed five hundred dollars or where there exists a condition which constitutes an imminent and substantial danger to life, health or safety, but in such event the receiver shall endeavor to obtain contracts on the most advantageous terms.

(c) The receiver shall collect the accrued and accruing rents, issues and profits of the property or any portion thereof and apply the same to the cost of removing or remedying such nuisance, to the payment of expenses reasonably necessary to the proper operation and management of the property, including insurance and the fees of the managing agent, if any, and to unpaid taxes, assessments, water rents and sewer rents and penalties and interest thereon.

(d) Any excess of income of the property in the hands of the receiver shall be applied to the necessary expenses in regard to such property of his office as receiver and then to sums due to mortgagees or lienors.

(e) The receiver shall have the power to bring a summary process action pursuant to the provisions of chapter 832 against any tenant or occupant of the property.

(f) Following appointment, the receiver shall keep complete written records, including records of all receivership funds on deposit and records itemizing all receipts and expenditures.

(g) The receiver's accounts shall be open to inspection by any defendant having an ownership interest in the real property, the state, the court or any defendant with a record interest in the leases or rents.

(h) Upon motion by any defendant having an interest in the real property or the state, or upon its own motion, the court may direct the receiver to render a periodic accounting to the court.

(i) A receiver shall act until removed by the court. Upon the termination of the receivership, the receiver shall render to the court a final accounting of all funds pertaining to the real property on deposit, as well as records of receipts and expenditures. The receiver shall deliver ledgers, records and the receiver's files and notes pertaining to any litigation or claim arising out of management of the real property to any person designated by the court.

(j) A receiver appointed pursuant to this section shall not be liable in his capacity as receiver to any person except for intentional or wilful misconduct.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-907a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368ll / Section 19a-907a
Sec. 19a-907a. Conversion therapy by healthcare provider. Prohibition.
Status: in_force

(b) Any conversion therapy practiced by a health care provider shall be considered unprofessional conduct and shall be grounds for disciplinary action under section 19a-17 , 21a-7 or 21a-8 , including, but not limited to, suspension or revocation of the professional's license, certification or registration to practice his or her profession.

(c) Nothing in sections 19a-907 to 19a-907c , inclusive, shall prevent a national certifying body that certifies any licensed, certified or registered professional from acting in response to a complaint that a licensed, certified or registered professional has engaged in conversion therapy.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-6m — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-6m
Sec. 19a-6m. Advisory council on organ and tissue donation education and awareness. Members. Duties. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Appointed council members shall serve for a term of three years and no such member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. Any vacancy of an appointed council member shall be filled by the appointing authority. The Governor shall appoint the chairperson from among the members of the council. The council shall have its first meeting not later than December 1, 2012, and shall meet not less than four times per year and as requested by the chairperson or upon the request of a majority of the members of the council. Council members shall serve without compensation.

(c) The council shall: (1) Analyze education on organ tissue donation in the state; (2) determine the rate of organ and tissue donation registration in the state and establish periodic goals for increasing such rate; and (3) advise the Commissioners of Public Health and Motor Vehicles on methods to increase organ and tissue donation rates in the state. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall, on a quarterly basis, provide the council with data concerning registered organ donors.

(d) Not later than July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the council shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and transportation concerning organ and tissue donation awareness in the state. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, actions taken by the council to increase organ and tissue donations and recommendations to increase organ and tissue donation rates in the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-179f — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368d / Section 19a-179f
Sec. 19a-179f. Transport of patient to an alternate destination.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2024, the Office of Emergency Medical Services shall develop protocols for a licensed or certified emergency medical services organization or provider to transport a pediatric patient with mental or behavioral health needs by ambulance to an urgent crisis center. As used in this subsection, “urgent crisis center” means a center certified as an urgent crisis center by the Department of Children and Families that is dedicated to treating children's urgent mental or behavioral health needs.

(c) Any ambulance used for transport to an alternate destination under subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall meet the requirements for a basic level ambulance, as prescribed in regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-179 , including requirements concerning medically necessary supplies and services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-612 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-612
Sec. 19a-612. Health Systems Planning Unit within Office of Health Strategy.
Status: repealed

(b) Any order, decision, agreed settlement or regulation of the former Office of Health Care Access which is in force on July 1, 2018, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Office of Health Strategy until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law.

(c) If the words “Office of Health Care Access” are used or referred to in any public or special act of 2009 or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 2009, such words shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Office of Health Care Access division within the Department of Public Health. If the words “Office of Health Care Access” are used or referred to in any public or special act of 2018 or in any section of the general statutes which is amended in 2018, such words shall be deemed to mean or refer to the Health Systems Planning Unit within the Office of Health Strategy.

See Sec. 1-101aa re provider participation in informal committees, task forces and work groups of office not deemed to be lobbying.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-213 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-213
Sec. 19a-213. (Formerly Sec. 19-87). Mosquito-breeding places; treatment.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-45b re elimination of mosquito-breeding places.

See Sec. 22a-45c re maintenance of drained land.

Annotation to former section 19-87:

Cited. 170 C. 387.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-585 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368x / Section 19a-585
Sec. 19a-585. Requirements for disclosure of HIV-related information.
Status: in_force

(b) Except for disclosures made to a federal, state, or local health officer when such disclosure is mandated or authorized by federal or state law or to persons reviewing information or records in the ordinary course of ensuring that a health facility is in compliance with applicable quality of care standards or any other authorized program evaluation, program monitoring or service review, a notation of all such disclosures shall be placed in the medical record or with any record of an HIV-related test result of a protected individual, who shall be informed of such disclosures upon request; provided for disclosures made to governmental agents requiring information necessary for payments to be made on behalf of patients or clients pursuant to contract or law, such notation need only be entered at the time the disclosure is first made.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall limit a person's or agency's responsibility to report, investigate or disclose child protective services information pursuant to sections 17a-101 , 17a-101a to 17a-101k , inclusive, 17a-103 and 46b-129a and regulations adopted pursuant to said sections.

(d) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not be applicable to disclosures made pursuant to subdivision (11) of subsection (a) of section 19a-583 .

(e) Except as provided in subparagraph (G) of subdivision (5) of subsection (d) of section 19a-582 , nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the recording of HIV and AIDS-related information in the medical chart or medical records of a protected individual or the listing of AIDS, HIV-related illness or HIV infection in a certificate of death or autopsy report. This chapter shall not be construed to modify regulations relating to access to death certificates or autopsy reports. This chapter shall not be construed to modify the provisions of section 19a-25 or 19a-221 .

Cited. 236 C. 845.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-524 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-524
Sec. 19a-524. (Formerly Sec. 19-607). Citations issued for certain violations.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17a-870 et seq. re Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman and residents' advocates.

Cited. 13 CA 641.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562g — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-562g
Sec. 19a-562g. Calculation of nurses and nurse's aides providing direct patient care. Daily posting. Public availability of information.
Status: in_force

(b) Each nursing home facility shall post, in accordance with 42 CFR 483.35(g), the following information on a daily basis at the beginning of each shift, in a legible format and in a conspicuous place readily accessible to and clearly visible by residents, employees and visitors of the nursing home facility, including, but not limited to, persons in a wheelchair:

(1) Name of the nursing home facility;

(2) Date;

(3) Total number of (A) advanced practice registered nurses, (B) registered nurses, (C) licensed practical nurses, and (D) nurse's aides, who will be responsible for direct patient care during the shift;

(4) Total number of hours such (A) advanced practice registered nurses, (B) registered nurses, (C) licensed practical nurses, and (D) nurse's aides are scheduled to work during the shift; and

(5) Total number of nursing home facility residents.

(c) In addition to the information posted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, each nursing home facility shall post the following information on a daily basis, at the beginning of each shift, in a legible format and in a conspicuous place readily accessible to and visible by residents, employees and visitors of the nursing home facility, including, but not limited to, persons in a wheelchair:

(1) The minimum number of nursing home facility staff per shift that is required by the regulations of Connecticut state agencies to be responsible for providing direct patient care to residents of the nursing home facility; and

(2) The telephone number or Internet web site that a resident, employee or visitor of the nursing home facility may use to report a suspected violation by the nursing home facility of a regulatory requirement concerning staffing levels and direct patient care.

(d) Each nursing home facility shall, upon oral or written request, make the daily information posted pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of this section available to the public for review. The nursing home facility shall retain such information for not less than eighteen months from the date such information was posted.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-112i — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-112i
Sec. 19a-112i. Community gun violence intervention and prevention program.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , concerning the activities of the program during the preceding twelve-month period.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-509f — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-509f
Sec. 19a-509f. Prohibited utility charges to residents of residential care homes, nursing homes and rest homes.
Status: in_force

(b) No owner or operator of a residential care home, nursing home or rest home, as defined in section 19a-490 , shall charge any resident of such home a fee for the installation of telecommunication or community antenna television service, as defined in section 12-407 , when such resident moves from one room in such home to another room in such home.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-498b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-498b
Sec. 19a-498b. Nursing homes. Admission of residents who have been administered a level two assessment. Annual survey by Department of Public Health to include comparison between recommended services and actual services. Responsibilities of nursing home administrators and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Status: in_force

(b) A nursing home administrator, or a designee of the nursing home administrator, shall notify the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services not later than fourteen days after the date of admission of any individual who has been administered a level two assessment which confirms a psychiatric diagnosis. Within available appropriations, the department shall consult with the staff of a nursing home concerning the status and discharge of those individuals who are clients of the department. The department shall, within available appropriations, protect to the fullest extent possible, the existing housing of any client of the department, who is identified in a level two assessment as being in need of a short-term admission to a nursing home of ninety days or less.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-550c — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-550c
Sec. 19a-550c. Access to recordings, images from technology used by nursing home residents. Confidentiality requirements. Restrictions on solicitation of recordings, images.
Status: in_force

(1) “Nursing home facility” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 ;

(2) “Resident” means a resident of a nursing home facility;

(3) “Resident representative” means (A) a court-appointed conservator of the person or guardian, (B) a health care representative appointed pursuant to section 19a-575a , or (C) if there is no court-appointed conservator of the person or guardian, or health care representative, a person who is (i) designated in a written document signed by the resident and included in the resident's records on file with the facility, or (ii) if there is no such written document, a person who is a legally liable relative or other responsible party, provided such person is not an employer or contractor of the facility;

(4) “Technology” means a device capable of remote audio or video communications, or both, that may include recording capabilities;

(5) “Virtual monitoring” means remote monitoring of a resident by a third party via technology owned and operated by the resident in the resident's room or living quarters; and

(6) “Virtual visitation” means remote visitation between a resident and family members or other persons with technology.

(b) An employee of a nursing home facility or an employee of a contractor providing services at a nursing home facility who is the subject of proposed disciplinary action by the nursing home facility based upon evidence obtained from technology used by a resident for virtual visitation or virtual monitoring shall be given access to that evidence by the nursing home facility for the purpose of defending against such action, provided the nursing home facility and the employee (1) treat any recordings or images obtained from the technology as confidential, and (2) not further disseminate any recordings or images obtained from the technology to any other person except as required under law. Any copy of a recording or image used in such disciplinary action must be returned to the resident who provided the copy when it is no longer needed for purposes of defending against a proposed action.

(c) The Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, may, without consulting a nursing home facility, ask a resident about the existence of recordings or images taken from technology used for virtual visitation or virtual monitoring that could corroborate an allegation of abuse or neglect.

(d) Except as otherwise required under law, a resident or resident representative may voluntarily release recordings or images taken from technology used for virtual monitoring or virtual visitation, provided such release does not infringe on the privacy rights of any other person under state or federal law. A nursing home facility, or any agent or employee of a nursing home facility, may not solicit or request any recordings or images from a resident or a resident representative taken from technology used for virtual visitation or virtual monitoring for any reason, except for the purpose of investigating an allegation of abuse or neglect based upon a recording or image taken from such technology. If the Department of Public Health initiates a complaint investigation based upon an image or recording from virtual visitation technology or virtual monitoring technology, the Department of Public Health may provide a copy of such image or recording to the nursing home facility that is the subject of the investigation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-72a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-72a
Sec. 19a-72a. State-wide stroke registry.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 2023, each comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center or acute stroke-ready hospital shall, on a quarterly basis, submit to the Department of Public Health data concerning stroke care that are necessary for including in the state-wide stroke registry, as determined by the Commissioner of Public Health, and that, at a minimum, align with the stroke consensus metrics developed and approved by a nationally-recognized stroke certification body. The department shall apply privacy and security standards for such registry's data that are consistent with the department's policies for use of patient data.

(c) Each comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center and acute stroke-ready hospital shall provide access to its records to the Department of Public Health, as the department deems necessary, to perform case finding or other quality improvement audits to ensure completeness of reporting and data accuracy consistent with the purposes of this section.

(d) The Department of Public Health may enter into a contract for the receipt, storage, holding or maintenance of the data or files under its control and management.

(e) The Department of Public Health may enter into reciprocal reporting agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states to exchange stroke care data.

(f) There is established a stroke registry data oversight committee to monitor the operations of the state-wide stroke registry, provide advice regarding the oversight of such registry, develop a plan to improve quality of stroke care and address disparities in the provision of such care, and develop short and long-term goals for improvement of stroke care in comprehensive stroke centers, thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke-ready hospitals. Said committee shall be within the Legislative Branch and the administrative staff of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health shall serve as administrative staff to said committee. Said committee shall consist of the following members, who shall be appointed not later than July 1, 2023: (1) One appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives; (2) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate; (3) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; (4) one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate; (5) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and (6) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. An appointing authority may consult with the State of Connecticut Stroke Advisory Council in selecting a member to appoint to the oversight committee. Each member shall serve a term of two years. The speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the Senate shall each appoint, from among the members of the oversight committee, a co-chairperson, who shall jointly schedule the first meeting of the oversight committee on or before August 1, 2023. The Department of Public Health shall assist said committee in its work and provide any information or data that the committee deems necessary to fulfil its duties, unless the disclosure of such information or data is prohibited by state or federal law. Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the co-chairpersons of the committee shall jointly report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, regarding the work of the committee. Not later than January 1, 2024, and at least annually thereafter, such co-chairpersons shall report to the Commissioner of Public Health and the State of Connecticut Stroke Advisory Council, regarding the work of the committee.

(g) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-673d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-673d
Sec. 19a-673d. Cessation of collection efforts upon debtor's eligibility for bed funds or other services.
Status: in_force

(1) “Affiliated with” means (A) employed by a hospital or health system, (B) under a professional services agreement with a hospital or health system that permits such hospital or health system to bill on behalf of such entity, or (C) a clinical faculty member of a medical school, as defined in section 33-182aa , who is affiliated with a hospital or health system in a manner that permits such hospital or health system to bill on behalf of such clinical faculty member.

(2) “Owned by” means owned by a hospital or health system when billed under the hospital's tax identification number.

(b) If, at any point in the debt collection process, whether before or after the entry of judgment, a hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital, as defined in section 19a-490 , or a collection agent, as defined in section 19a-509b , becomes aware that a debtor from whom the hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital is seeking payment for health care rendered receives information that the debtor is eligible for hospital bed funds, free or reduced price hospital services or any other program which would result in the elimination of liability for the debt or reduction in the amount of such liability, such hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital or collection agent shall promptly discontinue all collection efforts against such debtor for such health care and refer the collection file for such health care to such hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital until such hospital or entity determines whether such debtor is eligible for such elimination or reduction. Such collection efforts shall not resume until such hospital or entity makes such determination.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-75b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-75b
Sec. 19a-75b. Incentive program to encourage doctoral degree candidates to serve a semester-long clerkship as a psychological assessor or psychotherapist at a facility licensed or operated by the Department of Children and Families or any other state agency deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Children and Families.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall establish an incentive program to encourage doctoral degree candidates to serve at least one semester-long clerkship at a facility licensed or operated by the Department of Children and Families, or for any other state agency as deemed appropriate by the Commissioner of Children and Families. Any person who serves at least one semester-long clerkship at such facility may renew such person's license issued under chapter 383 once every two years for the first four years such person is licensed under said chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-910 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368ll / Section 19a-910
Sec. 19a-910. Development of communication aid for use during emergencies. Maintenance of communication aid in vehicle.
Status: in_force

(1) “Emergency medical services personnel” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-206jj ;

(2) “Firefighter” means a uniformed member of a paid or volunteer fire department; and

(3) “Police officer” has the same meaning as provided in section 46b-15 .

(b) The University of Connecticut Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities shall develop a communication aid for use by emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, police officers, active members of ambulance services licensed or certified in accordance with section 19a-180 , emergency mobile psychiatric services personnel and mental health crisis intervention services personnel. Such communication aid shall describe techniques for serving and interacting with juveniles and adults with autism spectrum disorder, cognitive impairment and nonverbal learning disorder and contain communication aids for use during emergencies when verbal communication may be hindered or impossible. Not later than December 1, 2019, the center shall publish such communication aid on its Internet web site.

(c) On and after January 1, 2020, each emergency medical services personnel, firefighter, police officer, active member of an ambulance service licensed or certified in accordance with section 19a-180 , emergency mobile psychiatric services personnel and mental health crisis intervention services personnel shall maintain a paper or electronic copy of the communication aid developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section in any vehicle used by such personnel, officer or member in the course of his or her duties.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-311 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368j / Section 19a-311
Sec. 19a-311. (Formerly Sec. 19-162). Inspection. Burial prohibited until certificate obtained.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 19a-314 re penalty for violation of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-290 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-290
Sec. 19a-290. Eligibility of persons with physical, mental or intellectual disabilities to receive anatomical gifts or organs.
Status: in_force

(1) “Anatomical gift” means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation;

(2) “Intellectual disability” means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age;

(3) “Mental disability” means one or more mental disorders, as defined in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;

(4) “Organ” means all or part of a human liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine or lung; and

(5) “Physical disability” means any chronic physical handicap, infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic processes or changes or from illness, including, but not limited to, blindness, epilepsy, deafness or being hard of hearing or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device.

(b) A person who is a candidate to receive an anatomical gift or an organ from a living donor for transplantation shall not be deemed ineligible to receive the anatomical gift or organ solely because of the person's physical, mental or intellectual disability, except to the extent that a physician has determined, following an evaluation of the person, that the person's physical, mental or intellectual disability is medically significant so as to contraindicate the acceptance of the anatomical gift or organ. If a person has the necessary support to assist the person in complying with post-transplant medical requirements, the person's inability to comply with such requirements without assistance shall not be deemed to be medically significant. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to each part of the transplant process.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a physician to make a referral or recommendation for, or perform a medically inappropriate transplant of an anatomical gift or organ.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-498c — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-498c
Sec. 19a-498c. Discriminatory practice for nursing home to reject applicant for admission solely on basis that applicant has received mental health services.
Status: in_force

(b) It shall be a discriminatory practice in violation of this section for any nursing home to reject an applicant for admission to such nursing home solely on the basis that such person has, at any time, received mental health services. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a nursing home to admit a person as a resident if (1) such person poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others, (2) such person does not require the level of care provided in a nursing home as determined in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements, or (3) admitting such person as a resident would result in converting the nursing home into an institution for mental diseases.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-84 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-84
Sec. 19a-84. (Formerly Sec. 19-43i). Suspension or revocation of license. Denial of initial license application. Summary suspension or summary probation of license.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the denial of an initial application for a license under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80 , inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87 , inclusive, provided the commissioner shall notify the applicant of any such denial and the reasons for such denial by mailing written notice to the applicant at the applicant's address shown on the license application.

(c) If the commissioner finds that public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, and incorporates a finding to that effect in his or her order, the commissioner may order summary suspension or summary probation of a license issued under sections 19a-77 to 19a-80 , inclusive, and 19a-82 to 19a-87 , inclusive, pending proceedings for revocation or other action. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-533 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-533
Sec. 19a-533. (Formerly Sec. 19-614a). Discrimination against indigent applicants. Definitions. Prohibitions. Record-keeping. Investigation of complaints. Penalties. Waiting lists; not required to accept indigents. Removal from waiting lists.
Status: in_force

(b) A nursing home which receives payment from the state for rendering care to indigent persons:

(1) Shall be prohibited from discriminating against indigent persons who apply for admission to such facility on the basis of source of payment. Except as otherwise provided by law, all applicants for admission to such facility shall be admitted in the order in which such applicants apply for admission as evidenced by the nursing home's acceptance of a substantially completed application for admission. Each nursing home shall (A) provide a receipt to each applicant who substantially completes an application for admission to its facility who requests placement on a waiting list stating the date and time of such substantial completion and acceptance of the application by the nursing home, and (B) maintain a dated list of such applications which shall be available at all times to any applicant, the applicant's bona fide representative, authorized personnel from the Departments of Public Health and Social Services and such other state agencies or other bodies established by state statute whose statutory duties necessitate access to such lists. A nursing home may maintain such waiting list in electronic form. On and after July 1, 2025, a nursing home shall maintain such waiting list in electronic form;

(2) Shall provide applications for admission to prospective residents by mail, electronic transmission or Internet web site posting;

(3) Shall develop and implement policies and procedures related to the waiting list that address (A) what information is required for such application to be considered substantially completed and accepted by the nursing home, (B) what steps the nursing home will take to protect the privacy of information submitted by a prospective resident, and (C) a description of how the integrity of information in the electronic waiting list will be maintained, including steps taken to ensure accuracy in recording of the (i) date and time a prospective resident is placed on the waiting list, and (ii) any dated notification made pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. A nursing home shall not be required to maintain a list of inquiries from prospective residents who have not yet submitted a substantially completed application for admission accepted by the nursing home, nor to provide any such person with a receipt of their inquiry;

(4) May, no sooner than ninety days after initial placement of the person's name on the waiting list, inquire by letter or electronic mail of such applicant and any one person if designated by such applicant whether the applicant desires continuation of the applicant's name on the waiting list. If the applicant does not respond and an additional thirty days pass, the nursing home may remove such applicant's name from its waiting list. A nursing home may annually send a waiting list placement continuation communication by letter or electronic mail to all persons on the waiting list for at least ninety days to inquire as to whether such person desires continuation of the person's name on the waiting list, provided such communication shall also be sent to any one person if designated by such applicant. If such person does not respond and at least thirty days pass, the facility may remove the person's name from its waiting list. Indigent persons shall be placed on any waiting list for admission to a facility and shall be admitted to the facility as vacancies become available, in the same manner as self-pay applicants, except as provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section;

(5) Shall post in a conspicuous place a notice informing applicants for admission that the facility is prohibited by statute from discriminating against indigent applicants for admission on the basis of source of payment. Such notice shall advise applicants for admission of the remedies available under this section and shall list the name, address and telephone number of the ombudsman who serves the region in which the facility is located;

(6) Shall be prohibited from requiring that an indigent person pay any sum of money or furnish any other consideration, including but not limited to, the furnishing of an agreement by the relative, conservator or other responsible party of an indigent person which obligates such party to pay for care rendered to an indigent person as a condition for admission of such indigent person; and

(7) Shall maintain an electronic record of the number of patients who are Medicare, Medicaid and private pay patients and make such information available, upon request, to the state or regional ombudsman.

(c) Whenever a nursing home passes over the name of an applicant on its waiting list and admits another applicant, the nursing home shall make a dated notation on the waiting list indicating why the applicant who was passed over was not admitted. Upon the receipt of a complaint concerning a violation of this section, the Department of Social Services shall conduct an investigation into such complaint. A nursing home shall provide access to the department and the State Ombudsman to all records requested by the department or State Ombudsman for the purpose of investigating a complaint by or on behalf of an applicant related to the denial of an admission.

(d) The Department of Social Services is authorized to decrease the daily reimbursement rate to a nursing home for one year for a violation of this section which occurred during the twelve-month period covered by the cost report upon which the per diem rate is calculated. The per diem rate shall be reduced by one-quarter of one per cent for an initial violation of this section and one per cent for each additional violation.

(e) Prior to imposing any sanction, the Department of Social Services shall notify the nursing home of the alleged violation and the accompanying sanction, and shall permit such facility to request an administrative hearing, in accordance with sections 4-176e to 4-181a , inclusive. A facility shall request such hearing within fifteen days of receipt of the notice of violation from the Department of Social Services. The department shall stay the imposition of any sanction pending the outcome of the administrative hearing.

(f) A nursing home with a number of self-pay residents equal to or less than thirty per cent of its total number of residents shall not be required to admit an indigent person on a waiting list for admission when a vacancy becomes available during the subsequent six months, provided (1) no bed may be held open for more than thirty days, and (2) the nursing home notifies the Commissioner of Social Services and the regional nursing home ombudsman office on the date on which such six-month period of waiting list exemption began and thereafter on a quarterly basis if the conditions for exemption still apply.

(g) A nursing home shall not be required to admit an indigent person on a waiting list for admission when a vacancy becomes available if the vacancy is in a private room.

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a nursing home shall, without regard to the order of its waiting list, admit an applicant who (1) seeks to transfer from a nursing home that is closing, or (2) seeks to transfer from a nursing home in which the applicant was placed following the closure of the nursing home where such applicant previously resided or, in the case of a nursing home placed in receivership, the anticipated closure of the nursing home where such applicant previously resided, provided (A) the transfer occurs not later than sixty days following the date that such applicant was transferred from the nursing home where he or she previously resided, and (B) except when the nursing home that is closing transferred the resident due to an emergency, the applicant submitted an application to the nursing home to which he or she seeks admission at the time of the applicant's transfer from the nursing home where he or she previously resided. A nursing home that qualifies for a waiting list exemption pursuant to subsection (f) or (g) of this section shall not be required to admit an indigent person under this subsection except when the resident is being transferred from a nursing home that is closing due to an emergency. No nursing home shall be required to admit an applicant pursuant to the provisions of this subsection if the nursing home has determined that (i) the applicant does not have a payor source because the applicant has been denied Medicaid eligibility or the applicant has failed to pay a nursing home that is closing for the three months preceding the date of the application for admittance and has no pending application for Medicaid, (ii) the applicant is subject to a Medicaid penalty period, or (iii) the applicant does not require nursing home level of care as determined in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements.

See Sec. 17a-870 et seq. re Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman and residents' advocates.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-6w — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-6w
Sec. 19a-6w. Men's health public awareness and educational campaign.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the public awareness and educational campaign.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-531 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-531
Sec. 19a-531. (Formerly Sec. 19-613). Advance disclosure of inspection, investigation or complaint prohibited. Exception. Penalty.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 17a-870 et seq. re Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman and residents' advocates.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-521e — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-521e
Sec. 19a-521e. Reportable events at nursing homes and behavioral health facilities. System for electronic notification.
Status: in_force

(1) “Nursing home” has the same meaning as provided in section 12-263p ;

(2) “Behavioral health facility” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 ; and

(3) “Reportable event” means an event occurring at a nursing home or behavioral health facility that is deemed by the department to require the immediate notification of the department.

(b) The Department of Public Health shall develop a system for nursing homes or behavioral health facilities to electronically notify the department of a reportable event.

(c) Nursing homes and behavioral health facilities shall report reportable events to the department using the electronic reporting system developed pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-343e — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368m / Section 19a-343e
Sec. 19a-343e. Court orders re abatement of public nuisance. Jurisdiction. State shall post copy order and notice re penalty for removal or destruction of order. Modification or vacation of order. Bond. Application to close property. Order.
Status: in_force

(b) At any time after entry of an order, any defendant may apply to the court to have any order vacated or modified for good cause. Prior to any decision on a defendant's application to vacate or modify an order, the state shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to inspect the real property or any portion thereof to verify that the public nuisance has been abated, and the court shall provide the state with an opportunity to be heard to contest the defendant's application.

(c) Where the court vacates or modifies any order, it may condition its decision on the posting of a bond in an amount not to exceed the current fair market value of the real property, as stated in an independent appraisal by a certified real estate appraiser, as surety against recurrence of the public nuisance.

(d) Where the court finds that real property or any portion thereof constitutes a public nuisance and enters a final judgment, the state shall record a copy of such judgment and any orders on the land records in the town in which such real property is located. At any time after the entry of judgment, any defendant may apply to the court to modify or vacate any order, including the reduction of the amount of, or release of liability for any bond required pursuant to this section. The court may grant such application for good cause shown, which may include, but not be limited to, a showing by such defendant by clear and convincing evidence that: (1) All court orders have been complied with, that any named persons have ceased any conduct constituting a public nuisance upon the real property or any portion thereof and that the nuisance has abated; (2) the defendant wishes to refinance or sell the real property to an identified bona fide purchaser for value whose proposed use for the real property will not constitute a public nuisance; or (3) the defendant has demolished or razed any buildings, structures or features upon the real property capable of supporting a public nuisance. Prior to any decision on a defendant's application to vacate or modify a final order or release a lien, the state shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to inspect the real property or any portion thereof. Any modification to any order shall be recorded on the land records in the town in which such real property is located.

(e) Where the state applies for an order to close the real property or any portion thereof, the court shall take into consideration the rights of all interested parties and shall limit the scope of a closing order to minimize dispossession or dislocation of tenants or residents who have been factually uninvolved in the conduct contributing to the public nuisance, unless closure of the property is necessary to protect public health, safety or welfare.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-286 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-286
Sec. 19a-286. (Formerly Sec. 19-143). Autopsy consent. Autopsy arrangements, rights and responsibilities. Informed autopsy consent form.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person authorized to consent to an autopsy under subsection (a) of this section may make arrangements for an autopsy to be performed at any institution that routinely performs autopsies by any physician who is qualified to perform autopsies at such institution. The person requesting the autopsy shall be responsible for arranging for the autopsy and any necessary associated services and for the payment of any costs incurred. Information concerning the rights and responsibilities under this subsection shall be contained in the institution's patient bill of rights and shall be included in all written material that describes the institution's autopsy policy. A copy of the institution's patient bill of rights containing such information shall be given to the person who assumes custody of the body of the deceased person prior to the signing of an autopsy consent form by the person who assumes such custody. The institution shall provide such information in writing in a language understood by the person who assumes custody of the body of the deceased person.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2002, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Chief Medical Examiner, shall develop minimum requirements for an informed autopsy consent form that: (1) Includes clear information naming the institution and department that will perform the autopsy; (2) provides the family member or other person who assumes custody of the body of the deceased person as provided in subsection (a) of this section with an opportunity to place any restrictions or limitations on the autopsy or to express any concerns that such family member or other person may have; and (3) provides for documented and witnessed consent. Such minimum requirements shall include procedures for the oral communication of the information required by subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection, including communication by telephone, as provided in subsection (a) of this section, and shall include procedures for the written or telephonic acknowledgment of receipt of an institution's patient bill of rights containing its autopsy policy. Such minimum requirements shall not be deemed to be regulations, as defined in section 4-166 .

Statute not applicable to autopsy of stillborn nonviable fetus with a gestational age of 19 weeks. 46 CS 204.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-644 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-644
Sec. 19a-644. (Formerly Sec. 19a-161). Annual reports of short-term acute care general or children's hospitals. Regulations on affiliation or control of health care facilities and institutions. Required reporting of audited financial statements.
Status: in_force

(b) The Office of Health Strategy shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to provide for the collection of data and information in addition to the annual report required in subsection (a) of this section. Such regulations shall provide for the submission of information about the operations of the following entities: Persons or parent corporations that own or control the health care facility, institution or provider; corporations, including limited liability corporations, in which the health care facility, institution, provider, its parent, any type of affiliate or any combination thereof, owns more than an aggregate of fifty per cent of the stock or, in the case of nonstock corporations, is the sole member; and any partnerships in which the person, health care facility, institution, provider, its parent or an affiliate or any combination thereof, or any combination of health care providers or related persons, owns a greater than fifty per cent interest. For purposes of this subsection, “affiliate” means any person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with any health care facility, institution, provider or person that is regulated in any way under this chapter. A person is deemed controlled by another person if the other person, or one of that other person's affiliates, officers, agents or management employees, acts as a general partner or manager of the person in question.

(c) Each nonprofit short-term acute care general or children's hospital shall include in the annual report required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section a report of all transfers of assets, transfers of operations or changes of control involving its clinical or nonclinical services or functions from such hospital to a person or entity organized or operated for profit.

(d) Each hospital that is a party to a transfer of ownership involving a hospital for which a certificate of need application was filed and approved pursuant to this chapter shall, during the fiscal year ending on September thirtieth of the immediately preceding year, include in the annual report required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section any salary, severance payment, stock offering or other financial gain realized by each officer, director, board member or senior manager of the hospital as a result of such transaction.

(e) The unit shall require each hospital licensed by the Department of Public Health, that is not subject to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, to report to said unit on its operations in the preceding fiscal year by filing copies of the hospital's audited financial statements, except a health system, as defined in section 19a-508c , may submit to the unit one such report that includes the audited financial statements for each of its hospitals. Such report shall be due at the unit on or before the close of business on the last business day of the fifth month following the month in which a hospital's fiscal year ends.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-521 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-521
Sec. 19a-521. (Formerly Sec. 19-602). Nursing home facilities. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Nursing home facility” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 ;

(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health or the commissioner's designated representative; and

(4) “Residential care home” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 .

See Sec. 17a-870 et seq. re Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman and residents' advocates.

Cited. 214 C. 321.

Cited. 25 CA 177.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-232 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-232
Sec. 19a-232. Tanning facilities. Use of tanning devices by minors prohibited. Fines and enforcement.
Status: in_force

(1) “Consumer” means any individual who (A) is provided access to a tanning facility in exchange for a fee or other compensation, or (B) in exchange for a fee or other compensation, is afforded use of a tanning device as a condition or benefit of membership or access;

(2) “Operator” means an individual designated by the tanning facility to control operation of the tanning facility and to instruct and assist the consumer in the proper operation of the tanning device;

(3) “Tanning device” means any equipment that emits radiation used for tanning of the skin, such as a sunlamp, tanning booth or tanning bed that emits ultraviolet radiation, and includes any accompanying equipment, such as timers or handrails; and

(4) “Tanning facility” means any place where a tanning device is used for a fee, membership dues or other compensation.

(b) An operator shall not allow any person under seventeen years of age to use a tanning device. Any operator who, knowing that a person is under seventeen years of age or under circumstances where such operator should know that a person is under seventeen years of age, allows such person to use a tanning device shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars. Such fine shall be payable to the municipal health department or health district for the municipality in which the tanning facility is located.

(c) Any municipal health department established under this chapter and any district department of health established under chapter 368f may, within its available resources, enforce the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490ff — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490ff
Sec. 19a-490ff. Prohibition on hospitals requiring physicians to provide credentials of board certification in a certain specialty for a certain time or board recertification as part of the credentialing process.
Status: in_force

(b) No hospital, or medical review committee of a hospital, shall require, as part of its credentialing requirements (1) for a board eligible physician to acquire privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board certification in a particular specialty until five years after the date on which the physician became board eligible in such specialty, or (2) for a board certified physician to acquire or retain privileges to practice in the hospital, that the physician provide credentials of board recertification.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-8
Sec. 19a-8. (Formerly Sec. 19-4i). Boards and commissions within the department: Public members.
Status: in_force

Cited. 211 C. 508.

Cited. 22 CA 181.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491g — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-491g
Sec. 19a-491g. Health and safety training curriculum and monthly assessments with direct care staff by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies. Evidence required for reimbursement. Rate enhancement for timely reporting of workplace violence incident.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall require any home health care agency and home health aide agency, except any such agency that is licensed as a hospice organization by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-122b , that receives reimbursement for services rendered under the Connecticut medical assistance program, as defined in section 17b-245g , to provide evidence of adoption and implementation of such health and safety training curriculum pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section, or, at the commissioner's discretion, an alternative workplace safety training program applicable to such agency to obtain reimbursement for services provided under the medical assistance program.

(c) The commissioner may provide a rate enhancement under the Connecticut medical assistance program for any home health care agency or home health aide agency, except any such agency that is licensed as a hospice organization by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-122b , for timely reporting of any workplace violence incident. For purposes of this section, “timely reporting” means reporting such incident not later than seven calendar days after its occurrence to the Department of Social Services and the Department of Public Health.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-315a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368j / Section 19a-315a
Sec. 19a-315a. Use of ancient burial place.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 53a-218 re penalty for interference with cemetery or burial ground.

See Sec. 53a-219 re penalty for unlawful possession or sale of gravestones.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-72 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-72
Sec. 19a-72. (Formerly Sec. 19-29a). Connecticut Tumor Registry. Definitions. Duties of Department of Public Health. Reporting requirements. Penalties. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(1) “Clinical laboratory” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 ;

(2) “Hospital” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 ;

(3) “Health care provider” means any person or organization that furnishes health care services and is licensed or certified to furnish such services pursuant to chapters 370, 372, 373, 375, 378 and 379 or is licensed or certified pursuant to chapter 384d;

(4) “Occupation” means the usual kind of work performed by an individual;

(5) “Industry” means the type of business to which an occupation relates; and

(6) “Reportable tumor” means tumors and conditions included in the Connecticut Tumor Registry reportable list maintained by the Department of Public Health, as amended from time to time, as deemed necessary by the department.

(b) The Department of Public Health shall maintain and operate the Connecticut Tumor Registry. Said registry shall include a report of every occurrence of a reportable tumor that is diagnosed or treated in the state. Such reports shall be made to the department by any hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider in the state. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, pathology reports and information obtained from records of any person licensed as a health care provider and may include a collection of actual tissue samples and such information as the department may prescribe. Information contained in the report shall include, when available: (1) Demographic data; (2) occupation and industry of the patient; (3) diagnostic, treatment and pathology reports; (4) operative reports, hematology, medical oncology and radiation therapy consults, or abstracts of such reports or consults in a format prescribed by the department; and (5) other medical information as the department may prescribe. Such information shall be reported to the department not later than six months after diagnosis or the first encounter for treatment of a reportable tumor, in the form and manner prescribed by the department and updates of such information shall be reported to the department, annually, for the duration of the patient's lifetime. Such reports shall include every occurrence of a reportable tumor that is diagnosed or treated during a calendar year.

(c) (1) A health care provider shall provide the Department of Public Health, at the request of the department, access to the clinical records of any patient, as the department deems necessary, to perform case finding or other quality improvement audits to ensure completeness of reporting and data accuracy consistent with the purposes of this section.

(2) A hospital shall provide the Department of Public Health with access, including remote access, to the entirety of a patient's medical record, as the department deems necessary, to perform case finding or other quality improvement audits to ensure completeness of reporting and data accuracy consistent with the purposes of this section. Such remote access shall be provided on or before October 1, 2022, if technically feasible. The department shall not divulge any personal information obtained from the medical record to anyone and shall hold any such personal information strictly confidential pursuant to section 19a-25 .

(d) The Department of Public Health may enter into a contract for the receipt, storage, holding or maintenance of the data, files or tissue samples under its control and management.

(e) The Department of Public Health may enter into reciprocal reporting agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states to exchange tumor reports.

(f) (1) Failure by a hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider to comply with the reporting requirements prescribed in this section may result in the department electing to perform the registry services for such hospital, clinical laboratory or provider. In such case, the hospital, clinical laboratory or provider shall reimburse the department for actual expenses incurred in performing such services.

(2) Any hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider that fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each failure to disclose a reportable tumor, as determined by the commissioner.

(3) A hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider that fails to report cases of cancer as required in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per business day, for each day thereafter that the report is not submitted and ordered to comply with the terms of this subsection by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(4) The reimbursements, expenses and civil penalties set forth in this section shall be assessed only after the Department of Public Health has provided a hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider with written notice of deficiency and such hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider has been afforded not less than fourteen business days after the date of receiving such notice to provide a written response to the department. Such written response shall include any information requested by the department.

(g) The Commissioner of Public Health may request that the Attorney General initiate an action to collect any civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section and obtain such orders as necessary to enforce any provision of this section.

(h) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-36j — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-36j
Sec. 19a-36j. Food inspectors. Certification. Employment restrictions. Inspections.
Status: in_force

(1) Each person seeking certification as a food inspector shall submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the commissioner and present to the department satisfactory evidence that such person (A) possesses a bachelor's degree or three years of experience in a regulatory food protection program, (B) has successfully completed a training and verification program prescribed by the commissioner, and (C) has successfully completed the field standardization inspection prescribed by the commissioner.

(2) Certifications issued under this section shall be subject to renewal once every three years. A food inspector applying for renewal of his or her certification shall demonstrate successful completion of twenty contact hours in food protection training, as approved by the commissioner, and reassessment by the food inspection training officer.

(b) No person shall be employed as a certified food inspector if such person, such person's immediate family, as defined in section 1-79 , or a business with which such person is associated, as described in subdivision (2) of section 1-79 , (1) has any financial or ownership interest in a food establishment located in the jurisdiction in which such person is employed as a food inspector, (2) engages in any business, employment or management of a food establishment located in such jurisdiction, or (3) owns the property on which a food establishment is located in such jurisdiction.

(c) Each director of health employing a food inspector shall certify, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, that such food inspector is not prohibited from employment as a food inspector pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(d) A certified food inspector shall conduct an inspection of a food establishment in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner to determine compliance with the food code. The director of health shall ensure all food establishments are inspected at a frequency determined by their risk classification. Such director of health shall evaluate the food establishment's risk classification on an annual basis to determine accuracy. More frequent inspections may be conducted to ensure compliance with the food code. Each food establishment classification shall be inspected pursuant to the following schedule:

(1) Class 1 food establishments shall be inspected at intervals not to exceed three hundred sixty days.

(2) Class 2 food establishments shall be inspected at intervals not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

(3) Class 3 food establishments shall be inspected at intervals not to exceed one hundred twenty days.

(4) Class 4 food establishments shall be inspected at intervals not to exceed ninety days.

(5) Temporary food service establishments shall be inspected prior to the issuance of a permit to operate and as often as necessary to ensure compliance with the food code.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-681 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-681
Sec. 19a-681. Definitions. Filing of current pricemaster. Charges to be in accordance with detailed schedule of charges on file. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Each hospital shall file with the unit its current pricemaster which shall include each charge in its detailed schedule of charges.

(c) Upon the request of the Office of Health Strategy, established under section 19a-754a , or a patient, a hospital shall provide to the office or the patient a detailed patient bill. If the billing detail by line item on a detailed patient bill does not agree with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the unit for the date of service specified on the bill, the hospital shall be subject to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars per occurrence payable to the state not later than fourteen days after the date of notification. The penalty shall be imposed in accordance with section 19a-653 . The unit may issue an order requiring such hospital, not later than fourteen days after the date of notification of an overcharge to a patient, to adjust the bill to be consistent with the detailed schedule of charges on file with the unit for the date of service specified on the detailed patient bill.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289i — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-289i
Sec. 19a-289i. Methods of making or revoking an anatomical gift of a decedent.
Status: in_force

(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, an anatomical gift by a person authorized under section 19a-289h may be amended or revoked orally or in a record by any member of a higher priority class under subsection (a) of section 19a-289h , who is reasonably available. If more than one member of such higher priority class is reasonably available, the gift made by a person authorized under section 19a-289h may be: (1) Amended, only if a majority of the reasonably available higher priority class members agree to the amending of the gift; or (2) revoked, only if a majority of the reasonably available higher priority class members agree to the revoking of the gift or they are equally divided as to whether to revoke the gift.

(c) A revocation under subsection (b) of this section is effective only if the procurement organization, transplant hospital or physician or technician knows of the revocation before an incision has been made to remove a part from the donor's body or before invasive procedures have begun to prepare the recipient.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-181f — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368d / Section 19a-181f
Sec. 19a-181f. Change in primary service area responder. Submission of alternative local emergency medical services plan.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than forty-five days after a municipality submits an alternative local emergency medical services plan pursuant to the provisions of this section, each new recommended primary service area responder who agrees to be considered for the primary service area designation shall submit an application to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) (1) The Commissioner of Public Health shall conduct a hearing on any alternative local emergency medical services plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including the proposed removal of a primary service area responder and the proposed designation of a new primary service area responder. Not later than thirty days prior to the hearing, the commissioner shall notify the municipality's current primary service area responder, in writing, of the hearing. Such primary service area responder shall be given the opportunity to be heard and may submit information for the commissioner's consideration.

(2) In order to determine whether to approve or disapprove such plan, the commissioner shall consider any relevant factors, including, but not limited to: (A) The impact of the plan on patient care; (B) the impact of the plan on emergency medical services system design, including system sustainability; (C) the impact of the plan on the local, regional and state-wide emergency medical services system; (D) the recommendation from the sponsor hospital's medical oversight staff; and (E) the financial impact to the municipality without compromising the quality of patient care. If the commissioner approves the alternative plan and the application of the recommended primary service area responder, the commissioner shall issue a written decision to reassign the primary service area in accordance with the alternative plan and indicate the effective date for the reassignment. A primary service area responder shall deliver services in accordance with the local emergency medical services plan prepared pursuant to section 19a-181b until the effective date of the reassignment stated in the commissioner's written decision approving the alternative plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-904a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368ll / Section 19a-904a
Sec. 19a-904a. Notice to patients re coverage by health insurance policy. Understandable language in documents submitted to patients or insureds. Collection from insured of money owed by health carrier.
Status: in_force

(b) Each health care provider and health carrier shall ensure that any notice, billing statement or explanation of benefits submitted to a patient or insured is written in language that is understandable to an average reader.

(c) No health care provider shall collect or attempt to collect from an insured patient any money owed to such health care provider by such patient's health carrier.

See Sec. 19a-755b re applicable definitions and disclosures required to be provided by hospital to patient.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-80 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-80
Sec. 19a-80. (Formerly Sec. 19-43e). License required for child care centers and group child care homes. Fees. Comprehensive background checks. Notification of changes in regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Upon receipt of an application for a license, the commissioner shall issue such license if, upon inspection and investigation, said commissioner finds that the applicant, the facilities and the program meet the health, educational and social needs of children likely to attend the child care center or group child care home and comply with requirements established by regulations adopted under this section and sections 19a-77 to 19a-79a , inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to 19a-87a , inclusive. Any such inspection under this subsection of a group child care home located in a residence shall include an inspection for evident sources of lead poisoning and shall provide for chemical analysis of any paint chips found on such premises. The commissioner shall offer an expedited application review process for an application submitted by a municipal agency or department. A currently licensed person or entity, as described in subsection (a) of this section, seeking a change of operator, ownership or location shall file a new license application, except such person or entity may request the commissioner to waive the requirement that a new license application be filed. The commissioner may grant or deny such request. Each license shall be for a term of four years, shall be nontransferable, and may be renewed upon receipt by the commissioner of a renewal application and accompanying licensure fee. The commissioner may suspend or revoke such license after notice and an opportunity for a hearing as provided in section 19a-84 for violation of the regulations adopted under this section and sections 19a-77 to 19a-79a , inclusive, and sections 19a-82 to 19a-87a , inclusive. In the case of an application for renewal of a license that has expired, the commissioner may renew such expired license within thirty days of the date of such expiration upon receipt of a renewal application and accompanying licensure fee.

(2) The commissioner shall collect from the licensee of a child care center a fee of five hundred dollars prior to issuing or renewing a license for a term of four years. The commissioner shall collect from the licensee of a group child care home a fee of two hundred fifty dollars prior to issuing or renewing a license for a term of four years. The commissioner shall require only one license for a child care center operated in two or more buildings, provided the same licensee provides child care services in each building and the buildings are joined together by a contiguous playground that is part of the licensed space.

(3) The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall make an unannounced visit, inspection or investigation of each licensed child care center and group child care home at least once each year. At least once every two years, the local health director, or the local health director's designee, shall inspect each licensed child care center and group child care home.

(4) A municipality may not subject the operation of a licensed group child care home located in a residence to any conditions, other than those imposed by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection, if the group child care home complies with all codes and ordinances applicable to single and multifamily dwellings.

(c) The commissioner shall require each prospective employee of a child care center or group child care home for a position that requires the provision of care to a child or involves unsupervised access to any child in such child care center or group child care home, to submit to comprehensive background checks, including state and national criminal history records checks. The criminal history records checks required pursuant to this subsection shall be conducted in accordance with section 29-17a . The commissioner shall also request a check of the state child abuse registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k . The Commissioner of Early Childhood shall notify each licensee of the provisions of this subsection. No such prospective employee shall begin working in such child care center or group child care home until the provisions of 45 CFR 98.43(d)(4), as amended from time to time, have been satisfied.

(d) The commissioner shall inform each licensee, by way of a plain language summary provided not later than sixty days after the regulation's effective date, of new or changed regulations adopted under this section and sections 19a-77 to 19a-79a , inclusive, or sections 19a-82 to 19a-87a , inclusive, with which a licensee must comply.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-32a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-32a
Sec. 19a-32a. AIDS research education account. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide for the distribution of funds available pursuant to this section and section 12-743 .

See chapter 368x re AIDS testing and medical information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-673 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-673
Sec. 19a-673. (Formerly Sec. 19a-169e). Collections by hospitals and entities owned by or affiliated with a hospital from uninsured patients.
Status: in_force

(1) “Affiliated with” means (A) employed by a hospital or health system, (B) under a professional services agreement with a hospital or health system that permits such hospital or health system to bill on behalf of such entity, or (C) a clinical faculty member of a medical school, as defined in section 33-182aa , who is affiliated with a hospital or health system in a manner that permits such hospital or health system to bill on behalf of such clinical faculty member.

(2) “Collection agent” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-509b .

(3) “Cost of providing services” means a hospital's published charges at the time of billing, multiplied by the hospital's most recent relationship of costs to charges as taken from the hospital's most recently available annual financial filing with the unit.

(4) “Hospital” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490 .

(5) “Owned by” means owned by a hospital or health system when billed under the hospital's tax identification number.

(6) “Poverty income guidelines” means the poverty income guidelines issued from time to time by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(7) “Uninsured patient” means any person who is liable for one or more hospital charges whose income is at or below two hundred fifty per cent of the poverty income guidelines who (A) has applied and been denied eligibility for any medical or health care coverage provided under the Medicaid program due to failure to satisfy income or other eligibility requirements, and (B) is not eligible for coverage for hospital services under the Medicare or CHAMPUS programs, or under any Medicaid or health insurance program of any other nation, state, territory or commonwealth, or under any other governmental or privately sponsored health or accident insurance or benefit program including, but not limited to, workers' compensation and awards, settlements or judgments arising from claims, suits or proceedings involving motor vehicle accidents or alleged negligence.

(b) No hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital that has provided health care to an uninsured patient may collect from the uninsured patient more than the cost of providing such health care.

(c) Each collection agent engaged in collecting a debt from a patient arising from health care provided at a hospital shall provide written notice to such patient as to whether the hospital deems the patient an insured patient or uninsured patient and the reasons for such determination.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-37d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-37d
Sec. 19a-37d. Changes to public water supply systems. Required notifications to water company and local building inspector. Authority of local director of public health to implement mitigation measures.
Status: in_force

(b) When a permit application is filed with the local building inspector of any municipality concerning any project that includes a change of use or installation of fixtures or facilities in a building that may affect the performance of, or require the installation of, a reduced pressure principle backflow preventer, a double check valve assembly or a pressure vacuum breaker, the local building inspector shall provide written notice of the application to the water company serving the building not later than seven days after the date the application is filed. Upon receipt of such written notice, the water company shall cause to be performed an evaluation of cross-connection protection by a person who has met the requirements prescribed in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and such water company shall notify the local building inspector regarding its determination. The local building inspector shall not issue a permit or certificate of occupancy until any cross-connection issue has been corrected.

(c) Upon a determination by a local director of health that an automatic fire extinguishing system, irrigation system, change of use, installation of fixtures or facilities in a building or other physical connection between the distribution system of a public water supply system and any other water system creates an unreasonable risk of injury to the health or safety of persons using the water, to the general public, or to any public water supply, the local director of public health may issue an order requiring the immediate implementation of mitigation measures, that include, but are not limited to, the disconnection of the system. In the event that a cross connection with the public water system is found, the owner of such system may terminate services to the premises.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-500 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-500
Sec. 19a-500. Penalty for material false statement.
Status: in_force

See Secs. 53a-157a and 53a-157b for definitions of and penalties for false statement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-564 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-564
Sec. 19a-564. Assisted living services agencies. Licensure. Dementia special care approval. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A managed residential care community that intends to arrange for assisted living services shall only do so with a currently licensed assisted living services agency. Such managed residential community shall submit an application to arrange for the assisted living services to the Department of Public Health in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(c) An elderly housing complex receiving assistance and funding through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Assisted Living Conversion Program that intends to arrange for assisted living services may do so with a currently licensed assisted living services agency. Such elderly housing complex shall inform the Department of Public Health of the arrangement upon request in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and shall not be required to register with the department as a managed residential community.

(d) An assisted living services agency providing services as a dementia special care unit or program, as defined in section 19a-562 , shall obtain approval for such unit or program from the Department of Public Health. Such assisted living services agencies shall ensure that they have adequate staff to meet the needs of the residents. Each assisted living services agency that provides services as a dementia special care unit or program, as defined in section 19a-562 , shall submit to the Department of Public Health a list of dementia special care units or locations and their staffing plans for any such units and locations when completing an initial or a renewal licensure application, or upon request from the department.

(e) An assisted living services agency shall: (1) Ensure that all services being provided on an individual basis to clients are fully understood and agreed upon between either the client or the client's representative; (2) ensure that the client or the client's representative are made aware of the cost of any such services; (3) disclose fee increases to a resident or a resident's representative not later than sixty days prior to such fees taking effect; and (4) provide, upon request, to a resident and a resident's representative the history of fee increases over the past three calendar years. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to limit an assisted living services agency from immediately adjusting fees to the extent such adjustments are directly related to a change in the level of care or services necessary to meet individual resident safety needs at the time of a scheduled resident care meeting or if a resident's change of condition requires a change in services.

(f) The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

(g) An assisted living services agency may provide services that include, but need not be limited to, nursing services and assistance with activities of daily living to an individual who is no longer chronic and stable if (1) such individual is under the care of a licensed home health care agency or licensed hospice agency, or (2) such assisted living services agency is arranging, in conjunction with a managed residential community in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 19a-694 , for the provision of ancillary medical services on behalf of such individual, including physician and dental services, pharmacy services, restorative physical therapies, podiatry services, hospice care and home health agency services.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-20 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-20
Sec. 19a-20. (Formerly Sec. 19-4v). Nonliability of complainants and board and commission members. Indemnification and defense.
Status: in_force

Section abrogates common-law absolute immunity applicable to statements made to medical examining board of department in connection with proceedings of the board. 272 C. 776.

Malice required by section is actual malice. 75 CA 819. Where statutory immunity provided by this section and Sec. 19a-17b overlaps with common-law provision of absolute immunity to those who make statements in connection with quasi-judicial proceedings, statutes are in derogation of common law and must prevail over common-law grant of absolute immunity, and examination of the plain language and legislative history of statutes clearly and unambiguously demonstrated legislature's intent to provide only a qualified immunity to defendants. 77 CA 104.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490cc — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490cc
Sec. 19a-490cc. HIV-related testing by hospital employees or staff members for patients thirteen years of age or older.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to January 1, 2024, each hospital shall develop protocols, in accordance with the provisions of section 19a-582 , for implementing the HIV-related testing required under subsection (a) of this section, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Offering and providing such testing to a patient and notifying the patient of the results of such testing; (2) tracking and documenting the number of HIV-related tests that were performed, the number of HIV-related tests that were declined, and the results of the HIV-related tests; (3) reporting of positive HIV-related test results to the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-215 ; and (4) referring patients who test positive for the human immunodeficiency virus to an appropriate health care provider for treatment of such virus. A hospital may collaborate with a municipal health department, district department of health, regional mental health board, emergency medical services council or community organization in developing and implementing such protocols.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490x — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490x
Sec. 19a-490x. List of comprehensive stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute stroke-ready centers. Submission and maintenance. Nationally recognized standardized stroke triage tool and prehospital care protocols re assessment, treatment and transport of stoke patients. Recommendations.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall send a list of each hospital designated under section 19a-490w as a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center or acute stroke-ready center to the medical director of each emergency medical services provider in the state. The Department of Public Health shall maintain a copy of the list in the Office of Emergency Medical Services.

(c) Not later than January 1, 2018, the Connecticut Emergency Medical Services Advisory Board Committee, established under section 19a-178a , shall recommend to the Commissioner of Public Health, for adoption, a nationally recognized standardized stroke triage assessment tool and prehospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients. Not later than thirty days after receiving recommendations regarding the stroke triage assessment tool and prehospital care protocols, the Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt such stroke triage assessment tool and post such assessment tool and protocols on its Internet web site. The commissioner may make any modifications to such assessment tool as the commissioner deems necessary. The department shall distribute a copy of the stroke triage assessment tool and prehospital care protocols to each emergency medical services provider. Upon receipt of such assessment tool and protocols, each emergency medical services provider shall develop plans to implement such assessment tool and protocols for the triage and transport of acute stroke patients.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-486
Sec. 19a-486. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Nonprofit hospital” means a nonprofit entity licensed as a hospital pursuant to this chapter and any entity affiliated with such a hospital through governance or membership, including, but not limited to, a holding company or subsidiary.

(2) “Purchaser” means a person acquiring any assets of a nonprofit hospital through a transfer.

(3) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or other entity.

(4) “Transfer” means to sell, transfer, lease, exchange, option, convey, give or otherwise dispose of or transfer control over, including, but not limited to, transfer by way of merger or joint venture not in the ordinary course of business.

(5) “Control” has the meaning assigned to it in section 36b-41 .

(6) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Health Strategy, or the commissioner's designee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-498a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-498a
Sec. 19a-498a. Discriminatory practices prohibited.
Status: in_force

(b) No health care facility shall discriminate or retaliate in any manner against an employee of such facility because the employee submitted a complaint or initiated or cooperated in an investigation by or proceeding before a governmental entity relating to the care or services by, or the conditions in, such facility.

(c) A health care facility that violates subsection (b) of this section shall reinstate the employee and reimburse the employee for lost wages, lost work benefits, and any reasonable legal costs incurred by the employee in pursuing the employee's rights under this section.

(d) The provisions and remedies under this section are not exclusive and are in addition to any other provisions and remedies in any section of the general statutes or which are available under common law.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-630 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-630
Sec. 19a-630. (Formerly Sec. 19a-145). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Affiliate” means a person, entity or organization controlling, controlled by or under common control with another person, entity or organization. Affiliate does not include a medical foundation organized under chapter 594b.

(2) “Applicant” means any person or health care facility that applies for a certificate of need pursuant to section 19a-639a .

(3) “Bed capacity” means the total number of inpatient beds in a facility licensed by the Department of Public Health under sections 19a-490 to 19a-503 , inclusive.

(4) “Capital expenditure” means an expenditure that under generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied is not properly chargeable as an expense of operation or maintenance and includes acquisition by purchase, transfer, lease or comparable arrangement, or through donation, if the expenditure would have been considered a capital expenditure had the acquisition been by purchase.

(5) “Certificate of need” means a certificate issued by the unit.

(6) “Days” means calendar days.

(7) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Health Strategy.

(8) “Free clinic” means a private, nonprofit community-based organization that provides medical, dental, pharmaceutical or mental health services at reduced cost or no cost to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals.

(9) “Large group practice” means eight or more full-time equivalent physicians, legally organized in a partnership, professional corporation, limited liability company formed to render professional services, medical foundation, not-for-profit corporation, faculty practice plan or other similar entity (A) in which each physician who is a member of the group provides substantially the full range of services that the physician routinely provides, including, but not limited to, medical care, consultation, diagnosis or treatment, through the joint use of shared office space, facilities, equipment or personnel; (B) for which substantially all of the services of the physicians who are members of the group are provided through the group and are billed in the name of the group practice and amounts so received are treated as receipts of the group; or (C) in which the overhead expenses of, and the income from, the group are distributed in accordance with methods previously determined by members of the group. An entity that otherwise meets the definition of group practice under this section shall be considered a group practice although its shareholders, partners or owners of the group practice include single-physician professional corporations, limited liability companies formed to render professional services or other entities in which beneficial owners are individual physicians.

(10) “Health care facility” means (A) hospitals licensed by the Department of Public Health under chapter 368v; (B) specialty hospitals; (C) freestanding emergency departments; (D) outpatient surgical facilities, as defined in section 19a-493b and licensed under chapter 368v; (E) a hospital or other facility or institution operated by the state that provides services that are eligible for reimbursement under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social Security Act, 42 USC 301, as amended; (F) a central service facility; (G) mental health facilities; (H) substance abuse treatment facilities; and (I) any other facility requiring certificate of need review pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-638 . “Health care facility” includes any parent company, subsidiary, affiliate or joint venture, or any combination thereof, of any such facility.

(11) “Nonhospital based” means located at a site other than the main campus of the hospital.

(12) “Office” means the Office of Health Strategy.

(13) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding.

(14) “Physician” has the same meaning as provided in section 20-13a .

(15) “Termination of services” means the cessation of any services for a period greater than one hundred eighty days.

(16) “Transfer of ownership” means a transfer that impacts or changes the governance or controlling body of a health care facility, institution or large group practice, including, but not limited to, all affiliations, mergers or any sale or transfer of net assets of a health care facility.

(17) “Unit” means the Health Systems Planning Unit.

Annotation to former section 19-73b:

Cited. 182 C. 314.

Annotation to former section 19a-145:

Cited. 214 C. 321.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-754e — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368dd / Section 19a-754e
Sec. 19a-754e. Health care expansion study. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) The study on the feasibility of providing health care coverage to income-eligible children ages nine to eighteen, inclusive, shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The age groups that would be provided medical assistance in each year, and appropriations necessary to provide such assistance, (2) income eligibility criteria and health care coverage consistent with the medical assistance programs established pursuant to sections 17b-261 and 17b-292 , and (3) recommendations for identifying and enrolling such children in such coverage.

(c) The study on the feasibility of providing health care coverage for adults with household income not exceeding two hundred per cent of the federal poverty level shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Household income caps for adults who would be provided health care coverage in each year, and appropriations necessary to provide such coverage, (2) health care coverage consistent with the medical assistance programs established pursuant to section 17b-261 and the HUSKY D program as defined in section 17b-290 , and (3) recommendations for identifying and enrolling such adults in such coverage.

(d) Not later than July 1, 2022, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , on provisions of the feasibility study to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, human services and insurance and real estate.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-612d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-612d
Sec. 19a-612d. Health Systems Planning Unit overseen by Commissioner of Health Strategy.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health shall retain independent decision-making authority over only the certificate of need applications that are pending before the Office of Health Care Access and have been deemed completed by said office on or before May 14, 2018. Following the issuance by the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health of a final decision on any such certificate of need application, the Commissioner of Health Strategy shall exercise independent authority on any further action required on such certificate of need application or the certificate of need issued pursuant to such application.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-6t — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-6t
Sec. 19a-6t. Connecticut Rare Disease Advisory Council. Duties. Members. Report.
Status: in_force

(1) Hold public hearings and otherwise make inquiries of and solicit comments from the general public to assist with a study or survey of persons living with a rare disease and such persons' caregivers and health care providers;

(2) Consult with experts on rare diseases to develop policy recommendations for improving patient access to quality medical care in the state, affordable and comprehensive insurance coverage, medications, medically necessary diagnostics, timely treatment and other necessary services and therapies;

(3) Research and make recommendations to the department, other state agencies, as necessary, and health carriers that provide services to persons living with a rare disease regarding the adverse impact that changes to health insurance coverage, drug formularies and utilization review, as defined in section 38a-591a , may have on the provision of treatment or care to persons living with a rare disease;

(4) Research and identify priorities related to treatments and services provided to persons living with a rare disease and develop policy recommendations regarding (A) safeguards and legal protections against discrimination and other practices that limit access to appropriate health care, services or therapies, and (B) planning for natural disasters and other public health emergencies;

(5) Research and make recommendations regarding improving the quality and continuity of care for persons living with a rare disease who are transitioning from pediatric to adult health care services;

(6) Research and make recommendations regarding the development of educational materials on rare diseases, including, but not limited to, online educational materials and a list of reliable resources for the department, other state agencies, as necessary, the public, persons living with a rare disease, such persons' families and caregivers, medical school students and health care providers; and

(7) Research and make recommendations for support and training resources for caregivers and health care providers of persons living with a rare disease.

(b) The council shall consist of the following members:

(1) The Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee;

(2) The Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(3) The Insurance Commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, who may be the representative of a health carrier;

(4) Two appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be a representative of an association of hospitals in the state or an administrator of a hospital that provides health care to persons living with a rare disease, and one of whom shall be a physician licensed under chapter 370 who has expertise in the field of medical genetics;

(5) Two appointed by the Senate chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, one of whom shall be a representative of a patient advocacy group in the state representing all rare diseases, and one of whom shall be the family member or caregiver of a pediatric patient living with a rare disease;

(6) Two appointed by the House chairperson of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, one of whom shall be a representative of the biopharmaceutical industry who is involved in rare disease research and therapy development, and one of whom shall be an adult living with a rare disease;

(7) Two appointed by the Senate ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, one of whom shall be a member of the scientific community in the state who is engaged in rare disease research, and one of whom shall be the caregiver of a child or adult living with a rare disease; and

(8) Two appointed by the House ranking member of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, one of whom shall be a physician licensed to practice under chapter 370 who treats persons living with a rare disease, and one of whom shall be a representative, family member or caregiver of a person living with a rare disease.

(c) All initial appointments to the council shall be made not later than October 31, 2023. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. Except for members of the council who represent state agencies, five of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of two years, five of such members shall serve for a term of three years and, thereafter, members shall serve for a term of two years. The Commissioner of Public Health shall determine which of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of two years and which of such members shall serve for a term of three years. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commissioner shall select an acting chairperson of the council from its members for the purpose of organizing the first council meeting. Such chairperson shall schedule and convene the first meeting, which shall be held not later than November 30, 2023. The members of the council shall appoint, by majority vote, a permanent chairperson and vice-chairperson during the first meeting of the council. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the reappointment of the chairperson, vice-chairperson or any member of the council to their position on the council.

(d) The council shall meet in person or on a remote platform not less than six times between November 30, 2023, and October 31, 2024, as determined by the chairperson. Thereafter, the council shall meet quarterly in person or on a remote platform, as determined by the chairperson.

(e) The council shall provide opportunities at council meetings for the general public to make comments, hear updates from the council and provide input on council activities. The council shall create an Internet web site where meeting minutes, notices of upcoming meetings and feedback may be posted.

(f) The council shall be within the Department of Public Health for administrative purposes only.

(g) Not later than one year after the date of its first meeting, and annually thereafter, the council shall report to the Governor and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding its findings and recommendations, including, but not limited to, (1) the council's activities, research findings and any recommendations for proposed legislative changes, and (2) any potential sources of funding for the council's activities, including, but not limited to, grants, donations, sponsorships or in-kind donations.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-1d — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-1d
Sec. 19a-1d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-3). Commissioner of Public Health: Appointment and qualifications.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the educational requirements of subsection (a) of this section, a commissioner who has been appointed prior to July 1, 1998, may continue to serve as commissioner and may continue to be reappointed and confirmed for consecutive terms after July 1, 1998.

See Sec. 19a-6 re commissioner's duties with respect to control and treatment of lung disease, chronic illness and medical rehabilitation.

Annotations to former section 19-2:

Cited. 140 C. 478; 165 C. 516.

Cited. 15 CS 468.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-649 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368z / Section 19a-649
Sec. 19a-649. (Formerly Sec. 19a-167f). Uncompensated care. Annual submission of information.
Status: in_force

(b) Each hospital shall annually report, along with data submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, (1) the number of applicants for charity care and reduced cost services, (2) the number of approved applicants, and (3) the total and average charges and costs of the amount of charity care and reduced cost services provided.

(c) Each hospital recognized as a nonprofit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, shall, along with data submitted annually pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, submit to the unit (1) a complete copy of such hospital's most-recently completed Internal Revenue Service form 990, including all parts and schedules; and (2) in the form and manner prescribed by the unit, data compiled to prepare such hospital's community health needs assessment, as required pursuant to Section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time, provided such copy and data submitted pursuant to this subsection shall not include: (A) Individual patient information, including, but not limited to, patient-identifiable information; (B) information that is not owned or controlled by such hospital; (C) information that such hospital is contractually required to keep confidential or that is prohibited from disclosure by a data use agreement; or (D) information concerning research on human subjects as described in section 45 CFR 46.101 et seq., as amended from time to time.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-573 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368w / Section 19a-573
Sec. 19a-573. Comfort care and pain alleviation to be provided. Documents executed prior to October 1, 1991.
Status: repealed

(b) Any document executed prior to October 1, 1991, in accordance with section 19a-575 , revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1991, and section 19a-575a shall not be invalidated by any provision of public act 91-283*. Any document executed prior to October 1, 1991, shall not be presumed to prohibit withholding or withdrawal of life support systems as defined in section 19a-570 , revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1991, unless such prior document specifically addresses such withholding or withdrawal.

*Note: Public act 91-283 is entitled “An Act Concerning Living Wills”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1991” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

Cited. 209 C. 692.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-908 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368ll / Section 19a-908
Sec. 19a-908. Initial contact lens prescriptions. Prohibition on use of remote refractive devices.
Status: in_force

(1) “Contact lens” means any lens placed directly on the surface of the eye, regardless of whether or not the lens is intended to correct a visual defect, including, but not limited to, any cosmetic, therapeutic or corrective lens;

(2) “Eye examination” means a physical assessment of the ocular health and visual status of a patient that may include, but does not consist solely of, objective refractive data or information generated by an automated testing device, including, but not limited to, a remote refractive device, in order to establish a medical diagnosis or for the correction of vision disorders;

(3) “Initial prescription” means a provider's handwritten or electronic contact lens prescription, as defined in 15 USC 7610, that the provider issues the first time the provider fits a patient with a contact lens;

(4) “In-person evaluation” means a patient evaluation conducted by a provider who is at the same physical location as the location of the patient;

(5) “Provider” means an optometrist licensed pursuant to chapter 380 or a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 who specializes in ophthalmology; and

(6) “Remote refractive device” means automated equipment or an application designed to be used on a telephone, computer or Internet-based device that can be used either in person or remotely to conduct a test to determine the refractive status of the eyes.

(b) A provider may not use the data or information obtained from the administration of a test using a remote refractive device as the sole basis for issuing an initial prescription or renewing an initial prescription. No provider shall issue an initial prescription to or renew an initial prescription for a patient without having performed an in-person evaluation and an eye examination of the patient.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-59a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-59a
Sec. 19a-59a. Low protein modified food products and amino acid modified preparations for inherited metabolic disease. Prescription required. Purchase by department.
Status: in_force

(1) “Inherited metabolic disease” means a disease for which newborn screening is required under section 19a-55 .

(2) “Low protein modified food product” means a product formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving and intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.

(3) “Amino acid modified preparation” means a product intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.

(b) Amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products for the treatment of inherited metabolic disease shall be dispensed only upon the prescription of an individual authorized to prescribe drugs within this state.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department of Public Health, in carrying out its powers and duties under this section, may, within available appropriations, purchase prescribed special infant formula, amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products directly and without the issuance of a purchase order.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-580f — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368w / Section 19a-580f
Sec. 19a-580f. Validity of advance directives, appointments of health care agent and powers of attorney for health care decisions executed before October 1, 2006.
Status: in_force

(b) An appointment of health care agent properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same legal force and effect as if it had been executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in effect at the time of its execution.

(c) A power of attorney for health care decisions properly executed prior to October 1, 2006, shall have the same power and effect as provided under section 1-54a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2005, in effect at the time of its execution.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-202 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-202
Sec. 19a-202. (Formerly Sec. 19-75b). Payments to municipalities. Proportionate reduction of amount of payments to municipal health department.
Status: in_force

(b) The amount of payments made by the state to municipal health departments under subsection (a) of this section shall be reduced proportionately in the event that the total amount of such payments and the payments made under subsection (a) of section 19a-245 in a fiscal year exceeds the amount appropriated for purposes of said subsections with respect to such fiscal year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-4j — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-4j
Sec. 19a-4j. Office of Health Equity.
Status: in_force

(b) The department may apply for, accept and expend such funds as may be available from federal, state or other sources and may enter into contracts to carry out the responsibilities of the office.

(c) The office shall assist the department in its efforts in the following areas:

(1) Monitor the health status of persons reporting membership in one of the following racial or ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander and persons reporting more than one race;

(2) Compare the results of the health status monitoring with the health status of persons reporting membership as white, non-Hispanic;

(3) Assess the effectiveness of state programs in eliminating differences in health status;

(4) Assess the health education and health resource needs of ethnic, racial and other population groups listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection; and

(5) Maintain a directory of, and promote culturally and linguistically appropriate health resources in Connecticut.

(d) The office may:

(1) Provide grants for culturally and linguistically appropriate health demonstration projects and may apply for, accept and expend public and private funding for such projects; and

(2) Recommend policies, procedures, activities and resource allocations to improve health among racial, ethnic and other population groups for which there may be health disparities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-339 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368m / Section 19a-339
Sec. 19a-339. (Formerly Sec. 19-314). Obstructions in Connecticut River.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-359 et seq. re erection of structures and placement of fill in tidal, coastal or navigable waters.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-17c — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-17c
Sec. 19a-17c. Peer review materials not subject to disclosure pursuant to Freedom of Information Act. Access to peer review materials by Department of Public Health.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not preclude the Department of Public Health from accessing such peer review materials or information in connection with any investigation or review by the department regarding the license of a health care provider, as defined in subsection (a) of section 19a-17b , provided the department does not disclose such materials or information to any person outside of the department, except as may be necessary to take disciplinary action against such health care provider, and any such materials or information shall be exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not limit the protections afforded pursuant to section 19a-17b .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-89b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-89b
Sec. 19a-89b. Fees for pool design guidelines and food compliance guide.
Status: in_force

(b) The department shall charge a fee of fifteen dollars for a copy of its food compliance guide.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289k — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-289k
Sec. 19a-289k. Persons responsible for making a reasonable search of donor intent to make an anatomical gift.
Status: in_force

(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located as a result of the search required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the individual or deceased individual to whom such search relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting such search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.

(c) A person shall not be subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section, but may be subject to administrative sanctions.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-223 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-223
Sec. 19a-223. (Formerly Sec. 19-96). Municipalities may contract for health services.
Status: in_force

(b) When necessary to protect and preserve the public health and prevent the spread of disease and injury, any municipal department of health, pursuant to any municipal charter or ordinance and with the approval of the chief executive officer of the municipality, or any health district may request emergency assistance and the use of resources from any other municipal department of health or health district. Any officer or employee of a municipality or health district, while acting in response to such a request, shall have, in the municipality or district to which the services are furnished, the same powers, duties, privileges and immunities as are conferred on public health officers and employees of the municipality or district requesting assistance.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-297 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368j / Section 19a-297
Sec. 19a-297. (Formerly Sec. 19-148). Bylaws. Sexton.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-66 re duties of sextons.

See Sec. 7-71 re required reporting of sexton's name to town registrar.

See Sec. 19a-309 re headstones at soldiers' graves.

Annotations to former section 19-148:

Bylaw forbidding any person to cut herbage without permission upheld; section applies to a stock corporation. 78 C. 90.

Cited. 29 CS 292.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-570 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368w / Section 19a-570
Sec. 19a-570. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Advance health care directive” or “advance directive” means a writing executed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, a living will, or an appointment of health care representative, or both;

(2) “Appointment of health care representative” means a document executed in accordance with section 19a-575a or 19a-577 that appoints a health care representative to make health care decisions for the declarant in the event the declarant becomes incapacitated;

(3) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 who is selected by, or assigned to, the patient, who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient;

(4) “Attending physician” means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 who is selected by, or assigned to, the patient, who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient;

(5) “Beneficial medical treatment” includes the use of medically appropriate treatment, including surgery, treatment, medication and the utilization of artificial technology to sustain life;

(6) “Health care representative” means the individual appointed by a declarant pursuant to an appointment of health care representative for the purpose of making health care decisions on behalf of the declarant;

(7) “Incapacitated” means being unable to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of health care decisions, including the benefits and disadvantages of such treatment, and to reach and communicate an informed decision regarding the treatment;

(8) “Life support system” means any medical procedure or intervention which, when applied to an individual, would serve only to postpone the moment of death or maintain the individual in a state of permanent unconsciousness, including, but not limited to, mechanical or electronic devices, including artificial means of providing nutrition or hydration;

(9) “Living will” means a written statement in compliance with section 19a-575a , containing a declarant's wishes concerning any aspect of his or her health care, including the withholding or withdrawal of life support systems;

(10) “Next of kin” means any member of the following classes of persons, in the order of priority listed: (A) The spouse of the patient; (B) an adult son or daughter of the patient; (C) either parent of the patient; (D) an adult brother or sister of the patient; and (E) a grandparent of the patient;

(11) “Permanently unconscious” means an irreversible condition in which the individual is at no time aware of himself or herself or the environment and shows no behavioral response to the environment and includes permanent coma and persistent vegetative state;

(12) “Terminal condition” means the final stage of an incurable or irreversible medical condition which, without the administration of a life support system, will result in death within a relatively short time period, in the opinion of the attending physician or advanced practice registered nurse.

Cited. 209 C. 692.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-289a — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368i / Section 19a-289a
Sec. 19a-289a. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen years of age.

(2) “Agent” means an individual:

(A) Authorized to make health care decisions on the principal's behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or

(B) Expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal's behalf by any other record signed by the principal.

(3) “Anatomical gift” means a donation of all or part of a human body to take effect after the donor's death for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research or education.

(4) “Decedent” means a deceased individual whose body or part is or may be the source of an anatomical gift, including a stillborn infant and, subject to restrictions imposed by law other than the provisions of sections 19a-289a to 19a-289v , inclusive, a fetus.

(5) “Disinterested witness” (A) means a witness other than the spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandchild, grandparent or guardian of the individual who makes, amends, revokes or refuses to make an anatomical gift, or another adult who exhibited special care and concern for the individual, and (B) does not include a person to whom an anatomical gift could pass under section 19a-289j .

(6) “Document of gift” means a donor card or other record used to make an anatomical gift, including a statement or symbol on an operator's license or identification card or inclusion in a donor registry.

(7) “Donor” means an individual whose body or part is the subject of an anatomical gift.

(8) “Donor registry” means the state donor registry maintained pursuant to the provisions of section 14-42a and includes any other database that identifies donors and conforms with the provisions of section 19a-289s .

(9) “Eye bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of human eyes or portions of human eyes.

(10) “Guardian” (A) means a person appointed by a court to make decisions regarding the support, care, education, health or welfare of an individual, and (B) does not include a guardian ad litem.

(11) “Hospital” means a facility licensed as a hospital under chapter 368v or the law of any other state or a facility operated as a hospital by the United States, a state or a subdivision of a state.

(12) “Identification card” means an identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(13) “Knows” or “knowingly” means to have actual knowledge.

(14) “Minor” means an individual who is under eighteen years of age.

(15) “Operator's license” means a license or permit issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to operate a vehicle, whether or not conditions are attached to such license or permit.

(16) “Organ procurement organization” means a person designated by the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services as an organ procurement organization.

(17) “Parent” means a parent whose parental rights have not been terminated.

(18) “Part” (A) means an organ, an eye or tissue of a human being, and (B) does not include the whole body.

(19) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

(20) “Physician” means an individual authorized to practice medicine or osteopathy under chapter 370 or the law of any other state.

(21) “Procurement organization” means a person licensed, accredited or approved under federal laws or the laws of any state, as a nonprofit organ procurement organization, eye or tissue bank.

(22) “Prospective donor” means an individual, except for an individual who has made a refusal, who is dead or near death and has been determined by a procurement organization to have a part that could be medically suitable for transplantation, therapy, research or education.

(23) “Reasonably available” means able to be contacted by a procurement organization without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner consistent with existing medical criteria necessary for the making of an anatomical gift.

(24) “Recipient” means an individual into whose body a decedent's part has been or is intended to be transplanted.

(25) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.

(26) “Refusal” means a record created under section 19a-289f that expressly states an intent to bar other persons from making an anatomical gift of an individual's body or part.

(27) “Sign” means, with the present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:

(A) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol; or

(B) To attach to or logically associate with the record an electronic symbol, sound or process.

(28) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

(29) “Technician” means an individual, including an enucleator, determined to be qualified to remove or process parts by an appropriate organization that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law.

(30) “Tissue” means a portion of the human body other than an organ or an eye, and excludes blood unless such blood is donated for the purpose of research or education.

(31) “Tissue bank” means a person that is licensed, accredited or regulated under federal or state law to engage in the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage or distribution of tissue.

(32) “Transplant hospital” means a hospital that furnishes organ transplants and other medical and surgical specialty services required for the care of transplant patients.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-435 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368s / Section 19a-435
Sec. 19a-435. (Formerly Sec. 19-549). Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, firm, company, association, society or group;

(2) “Assembly” means a company of persons gathered together at any location at any single time for any purpose.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-116 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-116
Sec. 19a-116. (Formerly Sec. 19-66g). Regulation of facilities which offer abortion services.
Status: in_force

See chapter 368y re abortion.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-496 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-496
Sec. 19a-496. (Formerly Sec. 19-581). Compliance with regulations. Inspections. Plan of correction. Disciplinary action.
Status: in_force

(b) The department may inspect an institution to determine compliance with applicable state statutes and regulations. Upon a finding of noncompliance with such statutes or regulations, the department shall issue a written notice of noncompliance to the institution. Not later than ten business days after such institution receives a notice of noncompliance, the institution shall submit a plan of correction to the department in response to the items of noncompliance identified in such notice. The plan of correction shall include: (1) The measures that the institution intends to implement or systemic changes that the institution intends to make to prevent a recurrence of each identified issue of noncompliance; (2) the date each such corrective measure or change by the institution is effective; (3) the institution's plan to monitor its quality assessment and performance improvement functions to ensure that the corrective measure or systemic change is sustained; and (4) the title of the institution's staff member that is responsible for ensuring the institution's compliance with its plan of correction. The plan of correction shall be deemed to be the institution's representation of compliance with the identified state statutes or regulations identified in the department's notice of noncompliance. The failure of the institution to comply with a plan of correction accepted by the department may be the subject of disciplinary action against the institution pursuant to section 19a-494 . Any institution that fails to submit a plan of correction that meets the requirements of this section may be subject to disciplinary action.

Annotation to former section 19-581:

Cited. 26 CS 452.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-205 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368e / Section 19a-205
Sec. 19a-205. (Formerly Sec. 19-78). Salaries of directors of health.
Status: in_force

Annotation to former section 19-78:

“Expenses” defined. 76 C. 167.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-535c — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-535c
Sec. 19a-535c. Nursing home facility discharge. Caregiver instruction and training requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) “Caregiver” means any individual who a resident designates to provide post-discharge assistance to the resident in the resident's home in the community. The term “caregiver” includes, but is not limited to, a relative, spouse, partner, friend or neighbor who has a significant relationship with the resident. For the purposes of this section and section 19a-535d , the term “caregiver” shall not include any individual who receives compensation for providing post-discharge assistance to the resident.

(2) “Home” means the dwelling that the resident considers to be the resident's home in the community. The term “home” shall not include, and the provisions of this section and section 19a-535d , shall not apply to, a discharge to any rehabilitation facility, hospital, assisted living facility, group home or any other setting that was not the resident's home in the community immediately preceding the resident's admission.

(3) “Resident” means a resident of a nursing home facility or the resident's representative.

(4) “Nursing home facility” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-521 .

(5) “Post-discharge assistance” means nonprofessional tasks provided by a designated caregiver to a resident following the resident's discharge from a nursing home facility in accordance with the written discharge plan of care signed by the resident or the resident's representative, which involves assisting with basic activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and carrying out support tasks, such as assisting with wound care, administration of medications and use of medical equipment.

(b) The Department of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to set minimum standards for nursing home facility discharge planning services. Any such standards shall include, but need not be limited to, requirements for (1) a written discharge plan prepared in consultation with the resident, or the resident's family or representative, and the resident's physician, including, but not limited to, the date and location of each follow-up medical appointment scheduled prior to the resident's discharge and a list of all medications the resident is currently taking and, to the extent known to the nursing home facility, will continue to take after the resident's discharge, and (2) a procedure for advance notice to the resident of the resident's discharge and provision of a copy of the discharge plan to the resident prior to discharge.

(c) Whenever a discharge plan from a nursing home facility indicates that a resident shall be discharged to the resident's home, the nursing home facility shall (1) allow the resident to designate a caregiver at, or prior to, the time that a written copy of the discharge plan is provided to the resident, and (2) transmit in an electronic manner to the resident's pharmacy each prescription ordered by a nursing home facility employee for the resident prior to discharge that the resident will need after discharge. A resident is not required to designate any individual as a caregiver and any individual designated as a caregiver under this section is not obligated to perform any post-discharge assistance for the resident or agree to receive any instruction required under this section.

(d) If a resident designates a caregiver pursuant to subsection (c) of this section prior to receiving written discharge instructions, the nursing home facility shall:

(1) Record the resident's designation of caregiver, the relationship of the designated caregiver to the resident and, if known, the name, telephone number and address of the resident's designated caregiver in the discharge plan.

(2) Make more than one reasonable attempt to notify the resident's designated caregiver of the resident's discharge to the resident's home as soon as practicable. In the event the nursing home facility is unable to contact the designated caregiver, the lack of contact shall not interfere with, delay, or otherwise affect the medical care provided to the resident or an appropriate discharge of the resident.

(3) Prior to discharge, provide caregivers with instructions in all post-discharge assistance tasks described in the discharge plan. Training and instructions for caregivers may be provided in writing or conducted in person or through video technology, as determined by the nursing home facility to effectively provide the necessary instruction. Any training or instructions provided to a caregiver shall be provided in nontechnical language, to the extent possible. At a minimum, this instruction shall include: (A) A written, live or recorded demonstration of the tasks performed by an individual designated by the nursing home facility who is authorized to perform the post-discharge assistance task and is able to perform the demonstration in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the requirements of the nursing home facility to provide language access services under state and federal law; (B) an opportunity for the caregiver to ask questions about the post-discharge assistance tasks; and (C) answers to the caregiver's questions provided in a culturally competent manner and in accordance with the requirements of the nursing home facility to provide language access services under state and federal law.

(4) Document in the resident's medical record any training for initial implementation of the discharge plan provided to the resident, the resident's representative or the designated caregiver. Any instruction required under subdivision (3) of this subsection shall be documented in the resident's medical record, including, at a minimum, the date, time and subject of the instruction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-508b — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-508b
Sec. 19a-508b. Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital.
Status: in_force

(b) The written notice described in subsection (a) of this section shall be signed and dated by the patient receiving the notice or such patient's legal guardian, conservator or other authorized representative.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-87c — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-87c
Sec. 19a-87c. (Formerly Sec. 17-586). Family child care home: Penalty for operation without a license. Notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Commissioner of Early Childhood has reason to believe that a violation has occurred for which a civil penalty is authorized by subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may send to such person or officer by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personally serve upon such person or officer, a notice which shall include: (1) A reference to the section or sections of the general statutes or regulations involved; (2) a short and plain statement of the matters asserted or charged; (3) a statement of the maximum civil penalty which may be imposed for such violation; and (4) a statement of the party's right to request a hearing. Such request shall be submitted in writing to the commissioner not later than thirty days after the notice is mailed or served.

(c) If such person or officer so requests, the commissioner shall cause a hearing to be held. The hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. If such person or officer fails to request a hearing or fails to appear at the hearing or if, after the hearing, the commissioner finds that the person or officer has committed such violation, the commissioner may, in his or her discretion, order that a civil penalty be imposed that is not greater than the penalty stated in the notice. The commissioner shall send a copy of any order issued pursuant to this subsection by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the person or officer named in such order.

Cited. 237 C. 272.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-59 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-59
Sec. 19a-59. Program to identify infants who are hard of hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Public Health shall establish a plan to implement and operate a program of early identification of infants who are hard of hearing. The purpose of such plan shall be to: (1) Identify infants at high risk of having hearing impairments; (2) notify parents of such infants of the risk; (3) inform parents of resources available to them for further testing and treatment, including rehabilitation services for such infants; and (4) inform parents of financial assistance available through the Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, parental eligibility criteria, which may result in reduced cost or no cost to parents for testing, evaluation or treatment, including rehabilitation of such infants. The department shall develop such plan in consultation with persons including, but not limited to, pediatricians, otolaryngologists, audiologists, educators and parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368a / Section 19a-53
Sec. 19a-53. (Formerly Sec. 19-21). Birth defects surveillance program. Definitions. Birth defects screenings. Notification. Analyses. Confidentially. Records. Approval of research. Publication of statistical compilations.
Status: in_force

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee;

(2) “Department” means the Department of Public Health;

(3) “Licensed health care professional” means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370, a physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370, an advanced practice registered nurse or a registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 or a nurse midwife licensed pursuant to chapter 377; and

(4) “Newborn screening system” means the department's tracking system for the screening of newborns pursuant to section 19a-55 .

(b) The department may, within available appropriations, establish a birth defects surveillance program. Such program shall monitor the frequency, distribution and types of birth defects occurring in the state.

(c) Each child that is born in the state shall have a birth defects screening completed by a licensed health care professional prior to discharge from the hospital. The administrative officer or other person in charge of each hospital shall enter the results of each birth defects screening into the birth defects registry located in the department's newborn screening system in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner.

(d) Any licensed health care professional who provides care or treatment to a child that is under the age of one and was born in the state and who observes or acquires knowledge that the child has a birth defect shall, not later than forty-eight hours after observing or acquiring knowledge of such defect, notify the department of such defect in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Such notification shall contain information, including, but not limited to, the nature of the birth defect and such other information as may reasonably be required by the department. The department shall post the notification form on the department's Internet web site and keep each notification made under this section on file for at least six years from the date of its receipt.

(e) The commissioner shall have access to identifying information in the hospital discharge records of newborn infants born in the state upon request. Such identifying information shall be used solely for purposes of the birth defects surveillance program. A hospital, as defined in section 19a-490 , shall make available to the department upon request the medical records of a patient diagnosed with a birth defect or other adverse reproductive outcomes for purposes of research and verification of data.

(f) The commissioner shall use the information collected under this section and information available from other sources to conduct routine analyses to determine whether there were any preventable causes of the birth defects about which the department was notified under this section.

(g) All information, including, but not limited to, personally identifiable information collected from a health care professional or hospital under this section shall be confidential. Such personally identifiable information shall be used solely for purposes of the birth defects surveillance program. Access to such information shall be limited to the department and persons with a valid scientific interest and qualification as determined by the commissioner, provided the department and such persons are engaged in demographic, epidemiologic or other similar studies related to health and agree, in writing, to maintain the confidentiality of such information as prescribed in this section and section 19a-25 .

(h) The commissioner shall maintain an accurate record of all persons who are given access to the information in the newborn screening system. The record shall include (1) the name, title and organizational affiliation of persons given access to the system, (2) dates of access, and (3) the specific purpose for which the information is used. The record shall be open to public inspection during the department's normal operating hours.

(i) All research proposed to be conducted using personally identifiable information in the newborn screening system or requiring contact with affected individuals shall be reviewed and approved in advance by the commissioner.

(j) The commissioner may publish statistical compilations relating to birth defects or other adverse reproductive outcomes that do not in any way identify individual cases or individual sources of information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-562f — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-562f
Sec. 19a-562f. Nursing home facility staffing levels. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378;

(2) “Advanced practice registered nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378;

(3) “Registered nurse” means a registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378;

(4) “Licensed practical nurse” means a practical nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378;

(5) “Nurse's aide” means a nurse's aide registered pursuant to chapter 378a;

(6) “Nursing home facility” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-521 ;

(7) “Transportation duty” means the responsibility of a nurse or nurse's aide to accompany the resident while he or she is being transported to or from the nursing home facility;

(8) “Direct patient care” means any care of a patient that is provided personally by a nursing home facility staff member and includes, but is not limited to, treatment, counseling, self-care and the administration of medication; and

(9) “Primary portion of his or her shift” means six or more hours of an eight-hour shift.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490ee — Connecticut Code / Title 19a / Chapter 368v / Section 19a-490ee
Sec. 19a-490ee. Provision of educational materials by birthing hospitals.
Status: in_force

(b) Each birthing hospital shall provide to each patient who has undergone a caesarean section written information regarding the importance of mobility following a caesarean section and the risks associated with immobility following a caesarean section.

(c) Each birthing hospital shall establish a patient portal through which a postpartum patient can virtually access, through an Internet web site or application, any educational materials and other information that the birthing hospital provided to the patient during the patient's stay at the birthing hospital and at the time of the patient's discharge from the birthing hospital.

(d) Each birthing hospital shall provide to each postpartum patient the educational materials regarding the health and safety of expectant and postpartum mothers and persons with mental health disorders, including, but not limited to, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, developed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (g) of section 19a-59i .

(e) On and after January 1, 2025, each birthing hospital and birth center shall provide to each pregnant and postpartum patient the educational materials regarding intimate partner violence toward pregnant and postpartum persons, developed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (g) of section 19a-59i .