Bill Text: CT HB05568 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5568
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 3325
		*03325HB05568CE_*
Referred to Committee on COMMERCE
Introduced by:
(CE)

AN ACT CONCERNING TARGETED HEALTH AREAS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or after October 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services and a representative designated by the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall, within available resources, designate as targeted health areas not more than ten municipalities that have (1) a medically-underserved population, or (2) a population with a high rate of chronic disease. Said commissioners and representative shall identify any needed medical specialty in any municipality designated as a targeted health area.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) For the purposes of the Small Business Express program established pursuant to section 32-7g of the general statutes, a small business eligible for assistance shall include (1) a physician licensed in Connecticut who (A) is engaged in the active practice of primary care for adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) practices in a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; (2) a physician office that, as of the effective date of this section (A) provides primary care services to adults or children, or any needed medical specialty identified pursuant to section 1 of this act, (B) is located in an area designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act, and (C) is in good standing with the payment of all state and local taxes and with the Department of Public Health; or (3) any physician located within a municipality designated as a targeted health area pursuant to section 1 of this act who meets the criteria of subsection (a) of section 32-7g of the general statutes.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section
Sec. 2	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a Targeted Health Area program and provide economic incentives to licensed physicians and physician offices providing primary care services or needed medical specialties in such targeted health areas.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.

H.B. 5568