Bill Text: CT HB05568 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Targeted Health Areas.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05568 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05568-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5568
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 664
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TARGETED HEALTH AREAS.

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

That (1) title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and a representative designated by the Connecticut Medical Society, to designate as targeted health areas not more than ten municipalities that have medically-underserved populations or populations with a high rate of chronic disease, and (2) chapter 32-7g of the general statutes be amended to expand the Small Business Express program to include qualifying physicians and physician offices located in municipalities designated as targeted health areas.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a Targeted Health Area program and expand the Small Business Express program to include certain physicians providing needed medical services in municipalities designated as targeted health areas.