Bill Text: CT SB01066 | 2013 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Certificate Of Need Application Guidelines.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-04 - Senate Recommitted to Public Health [SB01066 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB01066-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 1066
January Session, 2013		*_____SB01066PH____040313____*

AN ACT CONCERNING CERTIFICATE OF NEED APPLICATION GUIDELINES.

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

Section 1. Section 19a-639 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):

(a) In any deliberations involving a certificate of need application filed pursuant to section 19a-638, the office shall take into consideration and make written findings concerning each of the following guidelines and principles:

(1) Whether the proposed project is consistent with any applicable policies and standards adopted in regulations by the Department of Public Health;

(2) The relationship of the proposed project to the state-wide health care facilities and services plan;

(3) Whether there is a clear public need for the health care facility or services proposed by the applicant;

(4) Whether the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated how the proposal will impact the financial strength of the health care system in the state or that the proposal is financially feasible for the applicant;

(5) Whether the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated how the proposal will improve quality, accessibility and cost effectiveness of health care delivery in the region;

(6) The applicant's past and proposed provision of health care services to relevant patient populations and payer mix;

(7) Whether the applicant has satisfactorily identified the population to be served by the proposed project and satisfactorily demonstrated that the identified population has a need for the proposed services;

(8) The utilization of existing health care facilities and health care services in the service area of the applicant; [and]

(9) Whether the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the proposed project shall not result in an unnecessary duplication of existing or approved health care services or facilities; [.] and

(10) Whether the applicant has satisfactorily demonstrated that the proposed project is consistent with the overall goals of federal health care reform.

(b) The office, as it deems necessary, may revise or supplement the guidelines and principles through regulation prescribed in subsection (a) of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2013	19a-639

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Joint Favorable Subst.