General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5325

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 425

 

*00425*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND FOR-PROFIT HOSPITALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 19a-649 of the general statutes be amended to require for-profit hospitals to annually submit data to the Office of Health Care Access to prepare a community health needs assessment.

Statement of Purpose:

To require an annual community health needs assessment for each for-profit hospital.