Bill Text: CT HB06614 | 2011 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Medical Foundations.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-08 - Signed by the Governor [HB06614 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06614-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL FOUNDATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 33-182aa of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Certificate of incorporation" means a certificate of incorporation, as defined in section 33-1002, or any predecessor statute thereto;
(2) "Hospital" means a nonstock corporation organized under chapter 602, or any predecessor statute thereto, or by special act and licensed as a hospital pursuant to chapter 368v;
(3) "Health system" means a nonstock corporation organized under chapter 602, or any predecessor statute thereto, consisting of a parent corporation of one or more hospitals licensed pursuant to chapter 368v, and affiliated through governance, membership or some other means; [and]
(4) "Medical school" means a school of allopathic medicine leading to the M.D. degree, accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, and affiliated through governance with or part of a university that is either incorporated in this state or established pursuant to any provision of the general statutes and accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges Commission on Institutions of Higher Education; and
[(4)] (5) "Provider" means a physician licensed under chapter 370, a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372, an optometrist licensed under chapter 380 or a podiatrist licensed under chapter 375.
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 33-182bb of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
(a) Any hospital, [or] health system or medical school may organize and become a member of a medical foundation under the provisions of chapter 602 for the purpose of practicing medicine and providing health care services as a medical foundation through employees or agents of such medical foundation who are licensed pursuant to section 20-9 and through other providers. Such medical foundation shall be governed by a board of directors, which shall consist of an equal or greater number of providers than nonprovider employees of the members, in addition to such other directors as may be elected by the members.
Sec. 3. Section 33-182ee of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2011):
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 33-1045, the corporate name of a medical foundation organized under this chapter shall contain the words "corporation" or the abbreviation "Inc. " or "Corp. ", and shall also contain either a word or words descriptive of the professional service to be rendered by the medical foundation or shall include a reference to the name of the member hospital, [or] health system or medical school.