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2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-496a. - Home health care, hospice home health care and home health aide agency services. Authorized practitioners in bordering states. Applicable regulations, policies, procedures.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, all home health care agency, hospice home health care agency or home health aide agency services shall be performed upon the order of a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370 or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378.
(b) All home health care agency, hospice home health care agency and home health aide agency services that are required by law to be performed upon the order of a licensed physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse may be performed upon the order of a physician, a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse licensed in a state that borders Connecticut. Any Department of Public Health agency regulation, policy or procedure that applies to a physician who orders home health care services, including related provisions such as review and approval of care plans for home health care services, shall also apply to an advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant who orders home health care services.
(P.A. 89-107, S. 2; P.A. 21-121, S. 52; 21-133, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 21-121 added Subsec. (a) re home health care agency, hospice agency and home health aide agency services ordered by physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, designated existing provision as Subsec. (b) and amended same to add “, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse”, effective July 1, 2021; P.A. 21-133 added Subsec. (a) re home health care agency, hospice home health care agency or home health aide agency services ordered by physician, physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, designated existing provision as Subsec. (b) and amended same to add references to hospice home health care and home health aide agency services and to physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse, add provision re applicability of certain Department of Public Health regulations, policies or procedures to advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant, and make technical changes, effective July 7, 2021.
2023 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.)
2023 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).
2023 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).
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-503. (Formerly Sec. 19-586). - Authority re establishment, conduct, management or operation of institution without a license or nursing facility management services without a certificate.

Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department of Public Health may, in the manner provided by law and upon the advice of the Attorney General, conduct an investigation and maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or other process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management or operation of an institution or nursing facility management services, without a license or certificate under this chapter.
(1953, 1955, S. 2061d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 85-146, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-350, S. 12; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 10-117, S. 7.)
History: Sec. 19-42 transferred to Sec. 19-586 in 1977; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-586 transferred to Sec. 19a-503 in 1983; P.A. 85-146 authorized the department to conduct an investigation of unlicensed institutions prior to maintaining any action; P.A. 89-350 made a technical change, 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, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 10-117 added provisions re nursing facility management services without a certificate.
Cited. 206 C. 316.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-504. (Formerly Sec. 19-587). - Removal of bodies of deceased persons from presence of patients in hospitals, residential care homes and rest homes.

The Department of Public Health shall adopt such regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, pertaining to the prompt removal of bodies of deceased persons from the presence of other patients in hospitals, residential care homes or rest homes as will minimize, as far as possible, disturbance of such other patients.
(1971, P.A. 143; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; P.A. 01-195, S. 157, 181.)
History: Sec. 19-49a transferred to Sec. 19-587 in 1977; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-587 transferred to Sec. 19a-504 in 1983; 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; P.A. 97-112 replaced “homes for the aged” with “residential care homes”; P.A. 01-195 made technical changes, effective July 11, 2001.
See Secs. 7-64 to 7-71, inclusive, re disposal of bodies and disinterment procedures.
See Sec. 19a-91 re transportation of bodies.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-504a. - Continuation or removal of life support system. Determination of death.

(a) For the purpose of this section, “life support system” means any mechanical or electronic device utilized by any medical facility in order to replace, assist or supplement the function of any human vital organ or combination of organs.
(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.
(P.A. 84-261, S. 1, 2.)
Cited. 44 CA 790.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-504b. - Home health care for elderly persons.

Each licensed hospital or outpatient surgical facility where a one-day ambulatory surgical or invasive diagnostic procedure as defined by the Connecticut Peer Review Organization has been performed on a person who is sixty-five years of age or older shall ascertain or attempt to insure the availability of home health care for such person. As used in this section: “Outpatient surgical facility” means a facility operated by a corporation other than a hospital which provides ambulatory surgical care in addition to the provision of medical care for diagnosis and treatment of persons with acute or chronic conditions or to the provision of surgical care to well persons.
(P.A. 87-266.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-504d. - Hospital discharge plans; options of home health care and hospice agencies required.

(a) If a hospital recommends home health care to a patient, the hospital discharge plan shall include two or more available options of home health care agencies or hospice agencies.
(b) A hospital which (1) has an ownership or investment interest in a home health care agency or hospice agency, or (2) receives compensation or remuneration for referral of patients to a home health care agency or hospice agency shall disclose such interest to any patient prior to including such agency as an option in a hospital discharge plan. Such information shall be verbally disclosed to each patient or shall be posted in a conspicuous place visible to patients. As used in this subsection, “ownership or investment interest” does not include ownership of investment securities purchased by the practitioner on terms available to the general public and which are publicly traded.
(P.A. 93-415, S. 7; P.A. 21-121, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 21-121 added references to hospice agencies, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-504e. - Requirements and construction of sections re hospital discharge planning and caregiver designation and services.

(a) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall be construed to create a private right of action against a hospital, a hospital employee, or any consultants or contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship.
(b) A hospital, a hospital employee, or any consultants or contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship shall not be held liable, in any way, for the services rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient at the patient's home.
(c) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall be construed to obviate the obligation of an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, as defined in section 38a-175, or any other entity issuing health benefits plans to provide coverage required under a health benefits plan.
(d) (1) An individual designated as caregiver pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-504c shall not be reimbursed by any government or commercial payer for post-discharge assistance that is provided pursuant to section 19a-504c.
(2) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall be construed to impact, impede or otherwise disrupt or reduce the reimbursement obligations of an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, health care center, as defined in section 38a-175, or any other entity issuing health benefits plans.
(3) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall delay the discharge of a patient or the transfer of a patient from a hospital to another facility.
(4) Nothing in section 19a-504c or this section shall affect, nor take precedence over, any advance directive, conservatorship or other proxy health care rights as may be delegated by the patient or applicable by law.
(P.A. 15-32, S. 2; P.A. 16-193, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 16-193 amended Subsecs. (c) and (d)(2) by substituting “health care center, as defined in section 38a-175,” for “health maintenance organization”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-505a. - Hospital to provide forms for birth certificate and affidavit of parentage to parents of child born out of wedlock.

Upon the birth of a child born out of wedlock, the hospital or such other institution where such birth occurs shall provide an opportunity for the mother and putative father to complete a birth certificate and an affidavit of parentage.
(P.A. 93-329, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-506. (Formerly Sec. 19-589). - Licensing of maternity homes. Fees.

Section 19a-506 is repealed, effective July 1, 2009.
(1959, P.A. 658; P.A. 76-436, S. 378, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 69, 125; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 83-121, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-339, S. 3, 6; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 15, 117; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 09-197, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507a. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80a). - Community residences for mentally ill adults. Definitions.

As used in section 8-3g and sections 19a-507a to 19a-507d, inclusive: (1) “Mentally ill adult” means any adult who has a mental or emotional condition which has substantial adverse effects on his ability to function and who requires care and treatment but shall not mean any adult who is dangerous to himself or herself or others, as defined in section 17a-495, or who is an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person, as defined in section 17a-680, or who has been placed in any community-based residential home by order of the Superior Court or has been released to any community-based residential home by the Department of Correction or any person found not competent to stand trial for any crime pursuant to section 54-56d or committed pursuant to sections 17a-580 to 17a-602, inclusive; and (2) “community residence” means a facility which houses the staff of such facility and eight or fewer mentally ill adults which is licensed by the Commissioner of Public Health and which provides supervised, structured group living activities and psychosocial rehabilitation and other support services to mentally ill adults discharged from a state-operated or licensed facility or referred by a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed psychologist.
(P.A. 84-341, S. 1, 8; P.A. 85-506, S. 29, 32; P.A. 90-209, S. 24; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 35, 88; P.A. 22-69, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 85-506 replaced reference to repealed Sec. 53a-77 with reference to Secs. 17-257a to 17-257w, inclusive; Sec. 19a-80a transferred to Sec. 19a-507a in 1987; P.A. 90-209 in Subdiv. (1) redefined “mentally ill adult” by substituting “alcohol-dependent person” for “alcoholic” and “drug-dependent person, as defined in section 17-155
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” for an adult “whose psychiatric disorder is drug dependence, as defined in subdivision (18) of section 21a-240”; 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 Mental Health with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 deleted former Subdiv. (3) defining “regional mental health director” and renumbered remaining Subdiv. accordingly, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 22-69 deleted Subdiv. (2) re definition of “regional mental health board”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (3) as new Subdiv. (2) and made a technical change, effective May 24, 2022.
See Sec. 9-159s re notice to certain guardians and conservators re voting opportunities presented to certain residents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80b). - Establishment of community residence. Limitations. Petitions.

(a) No community residence shall be established on or after July 1, 1984, within one thousand feet of any other community residence. If more than one community residence is proposed to be established in any municipality, the total capacity of all community residences in the municipality in which such residence is proposed to be established shall not exceed one-tenth of one per cent of the population of such municipality.
(b) Any resident of a municipality in which a community residence is or will be located may, through the chief executive officer of the municipality, or the legislative body of such municipality may, petition the Commissioner of Public Health to deny an application for a license to operate a community residence on the grounds that the operation of such a community residence would be in violation of the limits established under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) An applicant for a license to operate a community residence shall mail a copy of the application made to the Department of Public Health to the governing body of the municipality in which the community residence is to be located, by certified mail, return receipt requested. All applications shall specify the number of community residences in the municipality, the address of each such residence and the number of residents in each and the address of the proposed community residence, and shall include population and occupancy statistics reflecting compliance with the limits established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The Commissioner of Public Health shall not issue a license for a community residence until the applicant has submitted proof that the mailing required by subsection (c) of this section has been made and until at least thirty days have elapsed since the receipt of such mailing by all required recipients.
(P.A. 84-341, S. 3, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 36, 88; P.A. 22-69, S. 12.)
History: Sec. 19a-80b transferred to Sec. 19a-507b in 1987; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and 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; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 deleted reference in Subsec. (c) to regional mental health directors, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 22-69 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting provision requiring applicant to mail copy of application to regional mental health board, effective May 24, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80c). - Evaluation of community residences.

Section 19a-507c is repealed, effective July 1, 2019.
(P.A. 84-341, S. 4, 8; P.A. 85-613, S. 43, 154; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 12, 21, 58; P.A. 19-118, S. 78.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-80d). - Petition for revocation of license of community residence.

Any resident of a municipality in which a community residence is located may, with the approval of the legislative body of such municipality, petition the Commissioner of Public Health to revoke the license of such community residence on the grounds that such community residence is not in compliance with the provisions of any statute or regulation concerning the operation of such residences.
(P.A. 84-341, S. 5, 8; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: Sec. 19a-80d transferred to Sec. 19a-507d in 1987; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507e and 19a-507f. - Grants and loans for community residential facilities for mentally ill adults. Bond issue.

Sections 19a-507e and 19a-507f are repealed.
(P.A. 87-405, S. 24–26; P.A. 88-343, S. 24, 32; P.A. 89-331, S. 29, 30.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-507g. - Adult day health care facilities. Regulations.

The Department of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, for the certification of adult day health care facilities. In establishing such regulations, the Department of Social Services shall consult with the Connecticut Association of Adult Day Centers and such other persons or entities it deems appropriate.
(P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-415, S. 3, 10; 93-435, S. 59, 95.)
History: P.A. 93-262 and P.A. 93-435 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department of income maintenance, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-415 effective June 30, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-508. (Formerly Sec. 19-590). - Notice of appointment of interns, house officers and resident physicians.

Within ten days of the date an intern, house officer or resident physician is appointed or employed by any hospital or institution in this state, the superintendent thereof shall notify the Department of Public Health of the name of each such intern, house officer or resident physician, the name and location of the medical school of which he is a graduate and the year of graduation and shall give such other information as is required on forms to be supplied by said department.
(1953, S. 2050d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: Sec. 19-44 transferred to Sec. 19-590 in 1977; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-590 transferred to Sec. 19a-508 in 1983; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-508a. - Notification to physician and family member. Caregiver or support person of patient's hospital admission.

Upon admitting a patient to a hospital, hospital personnel shall promptly ask the patient whether the patient desires for his or her physician and any family member, caregiver or support person to be notified of the hospital admission. If the patient so desires, hospital personnel shall make reasonable efforts to notify the physician and any family member, caregiver or support person designated by the patient of the patient's hospital admission as soon as practicable, but not later than twenty-four hours after the patient's request. For purposes of this section, “hospital” has the same meaning as provided in section 19a-490; and “physician” means a person licensed under the provisions of chapter 370.
(P.A. 14-168, S. 4; P.A. 15-242, S. 41; P.A. 21-26, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 15-242 made a technical change; P.A. 21-26 added provisions re notification of a patient's family member, caregiver or support person of patient's admission to a hospital.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-508b. - Notification to patient of placement in observation status by hospital.

(a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall provide oral and written notice to each patient that the hospital places in observation status of such placement not later than twenty-four hours after such placement, unless such patient has been discharged or has left the hospital prior to the expiration of the twenty-four-hour period. Such oral and written notices shall include: (1) A statement that the patient is not admitted to the hospital but is under observation status; (2) a statement that observation status may affect the patient's Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance coverage for (A) hospital services, including medications and pharmaceutical supplies, or (B) home or community-based care or care at a skilled nursing facility upon the patient's discharge; and (3) a recommendation that the patient contact his or her health insurance provider or the Office of the Healthcare Advocate to better understand the implications of placement in observation status.
(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.
(P.A. 14-180, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-508d. - Health care provider referral to affiliated health care provider. Notice to patients.

Each health care provider that refers a patient to another health care provider who is not a member of the same partnership, professional corporation or limited liability company formed to render professional services but is affiliated with the referring health care provider shall notify the patient, in writing, that the health care providers are affiliated. Such notice shall also (1) inform the patient that the patient is not required to see the provider to whom he or she is referred and that the patient has a right to seek care from the health care provider chosen by the patient, and (2) advise the patient to contact the patient's health carrier to obtain information regarding other in-network health care providers and estimated out-of-pocket costs for the referred service. A health care provider is not required to provide notice to a patient pursuant to this section if the health care provider otherwise provides substantially similar notice to patients pursuant to federal law. For purposes of this section, “affiliated” means a relationship between two or more health care providers that permits the health care providers to negotiate jointly or as a member of the same group of health care providers with third parties over rates for professional medical services.
(P.A. 15-146, S. 15; P.A. 16-95, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 16-95 amended Subdiv. (2) by replacing provision re providing patient with Internet web site and toll-free telephone number of health carrier with provision re advising patient to contact health carrier and by making a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions › Section 19a-509. (Formerly Sec. 19-590a). - Hospital and nursing home admission forms. Hospital bills. Utility charges for nursing home patients.

(a) All hospitals and all nursing homes shall include on their admission forms a question as to whether a person is a veteran or the spouse of a veteran. All hospitals shall include on their admission forms a conspicuous notice that a self-pay patient may, upon request, receive a copy of the hospital charges related to such patient. Such admission forms shall also include a conspicuous notice specifying the name and contact information of a person whom the patient may contact to request a copy of the hospital charges related to the patient.
(b) All hospitals shall include in their bills to patients, and to third party payors unless previously furnished, (1) an explanation of any items identified by any code or by initials, and (2) the hospital's cost-to-charge ratio. Upon request by a self-pay patient, a hospital shall provide such patient with an itemized bill not later than thirty days after the date of such request. Such itemized bill shall identify, in plain language pursuant to chapter 742, each individual service, supply or medication provided to the patient by the hospital and the specific charge for such service, supply or medication.
(c) No nursing home may bill a patient or third party payor an amount for telephone service, community antenna television service or other telecommunications service, which amount includes a surcharge or administrative fee or which otherwise exceeds the amount paid by the nursing home to provide such service.
(P.A. 77-48; P.A. 86-14; P.A. 99-87, S. 1, 2; P.A. 02-92, S. 3; P.A. 16-95, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 19-590a transferred to Sec. 19a-509 in 1983; P.A. 86-14 inserted new provision re inclusion of veteran status question on hospital forms as Subsec. (a) and designated prior provision as Subsec. (b); P.A. 99-87 added new Subsec. (c) re utility charges for nursing home patients, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 02-92 amended Subsec. (a) to require hospitals to include on admission forms conspicuous notices re self-pay patients, and amended Subsec. (b) to require hospitals to provide self-pay patients with an itemized bill and to specify contents of such bill, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 16-95 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re explanation of items identified by code or initials as Subdiv. (1) and adding Subdiv. (2) re cost-to-charge ratio.