General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5529

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 657

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. BECKER, 19th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING COMPENSATION FOR HOSPITALS' CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

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

That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to require the board of directors or trustees of a hospital that receives funds from the state to consider the hospital's patient care and health outcomes when setting compensation for the hospital's chief executive officer.

Statement of Purpose:

To require hospitals' boards of directors and trustees to focus on patient care and health outcomes when setting compensation for chief executive officers.