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CT Gen Stat § 19a-492c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-492c - Home health care agencies. Waiver for provision of hospice services.

 (a) For purposes of this section, “rural town” means towns having either seventy-five per cent or more of their population classified as rural in the 1990 federal decennial census of population, or in the most recent such census used by the State Office of Rural Health to determine rural towns, or towns that are not designated as metropolitan areas on the list maintained by the federal Office of Management and Budget, used by the State Office of Rural Health to determine rural towns and “permanent part-time employee” means an employee who is employed and on duty a minimum of twenty hours per work week on a regular basis.(b) A home health care agency licensed pursuant to this chapter that provides hospice services in a rural town and is unable to access licensed or Medicare-certified hospice care to consistently provide adequate services to patients in the rural town may apply to the Commissioner of Public Health for a waiver from the regulations licensing such agency adopted pursuant to this chapter. The waiver may authorize one or more of the following: (1) The agency's supervisor of clinical services may also serve as the supervisor of clinical services assigned to the hospice program; (2) the hospice volunteer coordinator and the hospice program director may be permanent part-time employees; (3) the program director may perform other services at the agency, including, but not limited to, hospice volunteer coordinator. The commissioner shall not grant a waiver unless the commissioner determines that such waiver will not adversely impact the health, safety and welfare of hospice patients and their families. The waiver shall be in effect for two years. An agency may reapply for such a waiver.(P.A. 04-81, S. 1; 04-258, S. 42; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 111.)History: P.A. 04-258, effective June 1, 2004, and May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, effective May 12, 2004, changed effective date of P.A. 04-81 from October 1, 2004, to May 10, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-492d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-492d - Vaccinations and medication administered by nurses employed by home health care agencies or home health aide agencies.

 On and after October 1, 2007, a nurse who is employed by an agency licensed by the Department of Public Health as a home health care agency or a home health aide agency may administer influenza and pneumococcal vaccines to persons in their homes, after an assessment for contraindications, without a physician's order in accordance with a physician-approved agency policy that includes an anaphylaxis protocol. In the event of an adverse reaction to the vaccine, such nurse may also administer epinephrine or other anaphylaxis medication without a physician's order in accordance with the physician-approved agency policy. For purposes of this section, “nurse” means an advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse or practical nurse licensed under chapter 378.(P.A. 07-9, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 10; P.A. 14-231, S. 49; P.A. 19-97, S. 7.)History: P.A. 07-9 effective April 26, 2007; P.A. 08-184 substituted “persons” for “patients” and provided that physician-approved agency policy includes anaphylaxis protocol and nurse may administer epinephrine or other anaphylaxis medication in event of adverse reaction to vaccine; P.A. 14-231 deleted “polysaccharide” re pneumococcal vaccines; P.A. 19-97 replaced “homemaker-home health aide agency” with “home health aide agency”, effective July 1, 2019.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-493a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-493a - Evaluation of certain new licensees.

 If a person who has no record of operating a nursing home in this state acquires one or more nursing homes and is issued a license or licenses pursuant to section 19a-493, the Commissioner of Public Health may prescribe a period of time to evaluate the standard of care rendered by the licensee as prescribed by the Public Health Code, not to exceed five years from the date of issuance of the license or licenses, during which such person or corporation is prohibited from acquiring any other nursing home in this state.(P.A. 89-350, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-493c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-493c - Outpatient clinics. Licensure. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall license outpatient clinics, as defined in section 19a-490.(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. The commissioner may waive any provision of the regulations for outpatient clinics. The commissioner may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, provided notice of intent to adopt regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.(P.A. 13-208, S. 78.)History: P.A. 13-208 effective January 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-494a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-494a - Emergency summary orders.

 If the Commissioner of Public Health finds that the health, safety or welfare of any patient or patients served by an institution, as defined in section 19a-490, imperatively requires emergency action and the commissioner incorporates a finding to that effect in an order, the commissioner may issue a summary order to the holder of a license issued pursuant to section 19a-493 pending completion of any proceedings conducted pursuant to section 19a-494. These proceedings shall be promptly instituted and determined. The orders that the commissioner may issue shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Revoking or suspending the license; (2) prohibiting such institution from contracting with new patients or terminating its relationship with current patients; (3) limiting the license of such institution in any respect, including reducing the patient capacity or services which may be provided by such institution; and (4) compelling compliance with the applicable statutes or regulations of the department. Prior to issuing any summary order that revokes or suspends a hospital's license, the commissioner shall prepare, in collaboration with such hospital and one or more health care providers that provide services in the same geographic area as such hospital, a detailed plan for the relocation of such hospital's inpatients and the provision of comparable services for such hospital's outpatients.(P.A. 85-146, S. 3, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 14-231, S. 14.)History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 14-231 deleted reference to Sec. 19a-490(d) and (e), added provision re plan for relocation of inpatients and provision of services for outpatients and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-495b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-495b - Residential care homes. Operational requirements. Conforming amendments to the Public Health Code.

 (a) A residential care home that is colocated with a chronic and convalescent nursing home or a rest home with nursing supervision may request permission of the Department of Public Health to meet the requirements of section 19-13-D6(j) of the Public Health Code concerning attendants in residence from 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. through the use of shared personnel.(b) A residential care home shall maintain temperatures in resident rooms and all other areas used by residents at the minimum temperature of seventy-one degrees Fahrenheit.(c) A residential care home shall ensure that the maximum time span between a resident's evening meal and breakfast does not exceed fourteen hours unless a substantial bedtime nourishment is offered by the residential care home.(d) On and after July 1, 2011, the Department of Public Health shall no longer (1) require that a person seeking a license to operate a residential care home supply to the department a certificate of physical and mental health, signed by a physician, at the time of an initial or subsequent application for licensure; and (2) approve the time scheduling of regular meals and snacks in residential care homes.(e) In accordance with section 19a-36, the Commissioner of Public Health shall amend the Public Health Code in conformity with the provisions of this section.(P.A. 11-242, S. 56.)History: P.A. 11-242 effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-495c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-495c - Methadone delivery and related substance use treatment services to persons in a nursing home facility.

 A substance abuse treatment facility licensed as an institution pursuant to section 19a-490 and providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction shall be permitted to provide methadone delivery and related substance use treatment services to persons in a nursing home facility licensed pursuant to section 19a-493. The Department of Public Health may allow the delivery of methadone and related substance use treatment services to a nursing home facility if the Commissioner of Public Health determines that such delivery would not endanger the health, safety or welfare of any patient. No such delivery shall be conducted unless a substance abuse treatment facility proposing the delivery of methadone and related substance use treatment services has made a request for such delivery in a form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and the commissioner has approved such request. Upon approving a request, the commissioner may impose conditions that assure the health, safety or welfare of any patient. The commissioner may revoke the approval of a request upon a finding that the health, safety or welfare of any patient has been jeopardized.(P.A. 16-66, S. 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-496a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-496a - Home health care agency services ordered by physician licensed in a state which borders Connecticut.

 All home health care agency services which are required by law to be performed upon the order of a licensed physician may be performed upon the order of a physician licensed in a state which borders Connecticut.(P.A. 89-107, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-498a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-498a - Discriminatory practices prohibited.

 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Discriminate” and “discriminatory treatment” with regard to an employee of a health care facility includes discharge, demotion, suspension, or any other detrimental changes in terms or conditions of employment, or the threat of any such actions; and (2) “health care facility” has the same meaning as in section 19a-630.(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.(P.A. 03-272, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 19a-498b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 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.

 (a) The Department of Public Health, when conducting its annual survey of a nursing home that has admitted a resident or residents who have been administered a level two assessment, shall compare the services recommended for any such resident in the level two assessment with the actual services being provided to such resident as reflected in such resident's plan of care. The department shall include the results of any such comparison, as well as any regulatory violations found by the department during an inspection, in the survey of such nursing home.(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.(P.A. 08-184, S. 57; P.A. 09-11, S. 6.)History: P.A. 08-184 effective June 12, 2008; P.A. 09-11 made a technical change in Subsec. (a).
CT Gen Stat § 19a-499. (Formerly Sec. 19-583) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-499. (Formerly Sec. 19-583) - Information to be confidential. Exceptions.

 (a) Information received by the Department of Public Health through filed reports, inspection or as otherwise authorized under this chapter, shall not be disclosed publicly in such manner as to identify any patient of an institution, except in a proceeding involving the question of licensure.(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all records obtained by the commissioner in connection with any investigation under this chapter shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1-210 for a period of six months from the date of the petition or other event initiating such investigation, or until such time as the investigation is terminated pursuant to a withdrawal or other informal disposition or until a hearing is convened pursuant to chapter 54, whichever is earlier, except those medical and personnel records described in subparagraph (B) of subdivision (15) of subsection (a) of section 19a-14 shall not be subject to disclosure under section 1-210. A complaint, as defined in subdivision (6) of section 19a-13, shall be subject to the provisions of section 1-210 from the time that it is served or mailed to the respondent. Records which are otherwise public records shall not be deemed confidential merely because they have been obtained in connection with an investigation under this chapter.(1953, 1955, S. 2058d; P.A. 75-242; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 85-585, S. 3; P.A. 89-350, S. 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 39, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 155, 181; P.A. 10-179, S. 105; P.A. 18-168, S. 3.)History: P.A. 75-242 replaced “individuals or institutions” with “any patient of an institution” and included proceeding before commission on hospitals and health care in exception; Sec. 19-39 transferred to Sec. 19-583 in 1977; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-583 transferred to Sec. 19a-499 in 1983; P.A. 85-585 added Subsec. (b) re confidentiality of investigations by the commission; P.A. 89-350 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), substituting “this chapter” for specific section cites; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health and replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re Office of Health Care Access proceeding; P.A. 18-168 amended Subsec. (b) by adding exception for medical and personnel records described in Sec. 19a-14(a)(15)(B).
CT Gen Stat § 19a-500 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-500 - Penalty for material false statement.

 Any person who makes any material false statement in any document or record which an institution licensed by the Department of Public Health is required to submit to such department or maintain on file shall be guilty of false statement and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement.(P.A. 81-201, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.See Secs. 53a-157a and 53a-157b for definitions of and penalties for false statement.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-501. (Formerly Sec. 19-584) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-501. (Formerly Sec. 19-584) - Appeal.

 Any person who is a holder of a license or certificate, or the state, acting through the Attorney General, aggrieved by any decision of the Department of Public Health after a hearing, or any applicant whose license or certificate is denied, may appeal therefrom in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(1953, 1955, S. 2059d; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 49; P.A. 76-436, S. 376, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 68, 125; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 80-127, S. 3; P.A. 83-103, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)History: 1971 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and included reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 19-40 transferred to Sec. 19-584 in 1977; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous detailed appeal provisions with statement that appeals to be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183 but retained provision re preservation of status quo pending final disposition of matter; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-127 included references to certificates and certificate holders; Sec. 19-584 transferred to Sec. 19a-501 in 1983; P.A. 83-103 deleted requirement preserving the status quo of an applicant or license or certificate pending an appeal; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.Annotation to former section 19-584:Department did not act illegally, arbitrarily or in abuse of its discretion in refusing a license to plaintiffs for more beds than it had nurses as required by regulations. 26 CS 452.
CT Gen Stat § 19a-502. (Formerly Sec. 19-585) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being|Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions|Section 19a-502. (Formerly Sec. 19-585) - Penalty for operating without license or owning property without certificate. Revocation or suspension of license for failure to yield financial information.

 (a) Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating any institution without the license required under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, or owning real property or improvements upon or within which such an institution is established, conducted, managed or operated, without the certificate required under the provisions of section 19a-491, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each offense, and each day of a continuing violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense. The penalty provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any financial institution regulated by any state or federal agency or body, which financial institution has succeeded to the title of the premises by mortgage foreclosure and the operator, if any, continues to occupy such property.(b) If any person conducting, managing or operating any nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or residential care home, as defined in section 19a-521, fails to maintain or make available the financial information, data or records required under subsection (d) of section 19a-498, such person's license as a nursing home facility or residential care home administrator may be revoked or suspended in accordance with section 19a-517 or the license of such nursing home facility or residential care home may be revoked or suspended in the manner provided in section 19a-494, or both.(1953, 1955, S. 2060d; P.A. 77-593, S. 2, 4; P.A. 80-127, S. 4; P.A. 89-350, S. 11; P.A. 01-195, S. 156, 181; P.A. 13-208, S. 31.)History: Sec. 19-41 transferred to Sec. 19-585 in 1977; P.A. 77-593 added Subsec. (b) re suspension or revocation of licenses for failure to maintain or supply financial information; P.A. 80-127 made Subsec. (a) applicable to persons owning real property or improvements upon or within which an institution is established who lack required certificate; Sec. 19-585 transferred to Sec. 19a-502 in 1983; P.A. 89-350 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 01-195 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective July 11, 2001; P.A. 13-208 amended Subsec. (b) by adding references to residential care home and making a technical change, effective July 1, 2013.