Title 19a — Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being

Sec. 19a-485. Home for the aged deemed to mean residential care home. (a) Whenever the words “home for the aged” or “homes for the aged” are used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the words “residential care home” or “residential care homes”, respe…

Sec. 19a-486. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Definitions. For purposes of sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive: (1) “Nonprofit hospital” means a nonprofit entity licensed as a hospital pursuant to this chapter and any entity affiliated with such a hospital through governance or …

Sec. 19a-486a. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Certificate of need determination letter. Hearing. Application for approval. (a) No nonprofit hospital shall enter into an agreement to transfer a material amount of its assets or operations or a change in control of operations to a per…

Sec. 19a-486b. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by Commissioner of Health Strategy and Attorney General. (a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of receipt of the completed application pursuant to subsection (e) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and…

Sec. 19a-486c. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Powers of Attorney General. Grounds for disapproval by Attorney General. (a) The Attorney General shall deny an application as not in the public interest if the Attorney General determines that one or more of the following conditions ex…

Sec. 19a-486d. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Disapproval by Commissioner of Health Strategy. Powers of Commissioner of Health Strategy. (a) The commissioner shall deny an application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a unless the commissioner finds that: (1) In a …

Sec. 19a-486e. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Public hearings. Prior to making any decision to approve, with or without modification, or deny any application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and the commissioner shall jointly conduct one or…

Sec. 19a-486f. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Appeal. If the commissioner or the Attorney General denies an application filed pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a, or approves it with modification, the nonprofit hospital or the purchaser may appeal such decision in the sa…

Sec. 19a-486g. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Denial of license. The Commissioner of Public Health shall refuse to issue a license to, or if issued shall suspend or revoke the license of, a hospital if the commissioner finds, after a hearing and opportunity to be heard, that: (1) T…

Sec. 19a-486h. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Construction of governing law. Nothing in sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, shall be construed to limit: (1) The common law or statutory authority of the Attorney General; (2) the statutory authority of the Commissioner of Public…

Sec. 19a-486i. Definitions. Notice to Attorney General and Commissioner of Health Strategy of certain mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Reports. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affiliation” means the formation of a relationship between two or more entities that perm…

Sec. 19a-486j. Reports required re hospital financial health. (a) On or before October 31, 2024, and semiannually thereafter, each hospital, as defined in section 12-263p, shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Health Strategy that identifies, for each of the two prior cale…

Sec. 19a-487. Mobile field hospital: Defined, board of directors. (a) “Mobile field hospital” means a modular, transportable facility used intermittently, deployed at the discretion of the Governor, or the Governor's designee, (1) for the provision of medical services at a mass g…

Sec. 19a-487a. Mobile field hospital: Certificate of need exemption for hospital beds and related equipment. Any additional mobile field hospital beds and related equipment obtained for the purpose of enhancing the state's bed surge capacity or providing isolation care under the …

Sec. 19a-487b. Mobile field hospital: Regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement mobile field hospital policies and procedures for isolation care and emergency services. (P.A. 05-280, S. 67; P.A. 07-252, S. …

Secs. 19a-488 and 19a-489. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 19a-490. (Formerly Sec. 19-576). Licensing of institutions. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Institution” means a hospital, short-term hospital special hospice, hospice inpatient facility, residential care home, nursing home f…

Sec. 19a-490a. “Community health center” defined. As used in sections 17b-349, 19a-7e and 19a-59b, “community health center” means a public or nonprofit private medical care facility which (1) is not part of a hospital and is organized and operated to provide comprehensive primar…

Sec. 19a-490aa. Health care institution to obtain potable water from bulk water hauler or bottler during water supply shortage. Each health care institution, as defined in section 19a-490, required to obtain potable water as a temporary measure to alleviate a water supply shortag…

Sec. 19a-490b. Furnishing of health records and veterans' information. Access to tissue slides or blocks. Certified document re storage of and access to health records upon cessation of operations. (a) Upon the written request of a patient or the patient's attorney or authorized …

Sec. 19a-490bb. Surgical smoke evacuation system policies for hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Hospital” means an establishment licensed pursuant to chapter 368v for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease o…

Sec. 19a-490c. Moratorium on licensing of family care homes. Section 19a-490c is repealed, effective July 11, 2001. (P.A. 92-80, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 180, 181.)

Sec. 19a-490cc. HIV-related testing by hospital employees or staff members for patients thirteen years of age or older. (a) On and after January 1, 2024, an employee or a staff member of a hospital licensed under chapter 386v who is treating a patient thirteen years of age or old…

Sec. 19a-490d. Prevention of accidental needlestick injuries in health care facilities and institutions. Each health care facility or institution licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to this chapter, if advised by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Adminis…

Sec. 19a-490dd. Accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment in health care facilities and practice locations. (a) As used in this section and section 19a-490jj: (1) “Commercially reasonable price” means a price that does not exceed the fair market value of medical diagnostic eq…

Sec. 19a-490e. Use of E-codes by hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and outpatient clinics. Each hospital, licensed by the Department of Public Health as a short-term general hospital, out-patient surgical facility and out-patient clinic shall include in the record of each…

Sec. 19a-490ee. Provision of educational materials by birthing hospitals. (a) As used in this section, (1) “birthing hospital” means a health care facility, as defined in section 19a-630, operated and maintained in whole or in part for the purpose of caring for a person during th…

Sec. 19a-490f. Requirements for reports of treatment of wounds from firearms and stab wounds. (a) Each hospital, outpatient surgical facility and outpatient clinic shall report or cause a report to be made to the local police department or the state police of each person treated …

Sec. 19a-490ff. Prohibition on hospitals requiring physicians to provide credentials of board certification in a certain specialty for a certain time or board recertification as part of the credentialing process. (a) As used in this section, (1) “board eligible” means eligible to…

Sec. 19a-490g. Bilingual consumer guide. The Department of Public Health shall develop and produce a consumer guide of bilingual information on home health care agencies and home health aide agencies. (P.A. 93-415, S. 8; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-160, S. 11, 69…

Sec. 19a-490gg. Written notification by hospitals to the mother of a stillborn child re burial and cremation arrangement options. Decision regarding disposition. (a) For each stillborn child for which a fetal death certificate will be issued pursuant to section 7-60, a hospital s…

Sec. 19a-490h. Emergency room screening of trauma patients for substance abuse. Assistance by Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services. (a) Each hospital licensed by the Department of Public Health as a short-term general hospital, outpatient surgical facility or outpat…

Sec. 19a-490hh. Appointment of medical staff or an individual medical staff member of a hospital. Regulations. (a) Appointment of the medical staff or an individual medical staff member of a hospital, as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and licensed pursua…

Sec. 19a-490i. Interpreter services and linguistic access in acute care hospitals. Each acute care hospital in this state shall: (1) Develop and annually review a policy on the provision of interpreter services to non-English-speaking patients; (2) Ensure the availability of inte…

Sec. 19a-490ii. Annual analysis of data re emergency department crowding. Report. (a) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2029, each hospital in the state with an emergency department shall, and each hospital operated exclusively by the state …

Sec. 19a-490j. Hospital plans for remediation of medical and surgical errors. Each hospital licensed under this chapter shall make available to the Commissioner of Public Health upon request a copy of its plan for the remediation of medical and surgical errors required by the Joi…

Sec. 19a-490jj. Acceptance of compliance with nationally-established facility guidelines for health care construction when reviewing the plan for certain projects for construction or building alteration. Regulations. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (f) of section 19a…

Sec. 19a-490k. Administration of care and vaccinations to patients by hospital without physician's order. Permitted activities. Regulations. (a) A hospital may administer care to patients, after an assessment of contraindications, without a physician's order, in accordance with a…

Sec. 19a-490kk. Workplace violence prevention standards by hospitals, chronic disease hospitals, nursing homes, behavioral health facilities, multicare institutions and psychiatric residential treatment facilities. Evidence required for reimbursement. (a) Any hospital, chronic di…

Sec. 19a-490l. Mandatory limits on overtime for nurses working in hospitals. Exceptions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Nurse” means a registered nurse or a practical nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378, or a nurse's aide registered pursuant to chapter 378a; (2) “Hospital” …

Sec. 19a-490ll. Audit of hospital's cybersecurity disruption plan. Availability for inspection by Departments of Public Health and Administrative Services and Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Confidentiality of information. Not later than January 1, 2025, a…

Sec. 19a-490m. Development of surgery protocols and procedures for securing express written consent to an intimate examination by hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities. (a) Each hospital and outpatient surgical facility shall develop protocols for accurate identification p…

Sec. 19a-490mm. Data re time spent by employee of hospital or outpatient surgical facility for prior authorization, precertification of admission, service, medication, procedure or extension of stay from health carrier. On and after January 1, 2025, each hospital and outpatient s…

Sec. 19a-490n. Advisory committee on Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance. Members. Duties. (a) As used in this section and section 19a-490o: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health; (2) “Department” means the Department of Public Healt…

Sec. 19a-490nn. Nursing home quality of care. Medicare online reporting tool. The Commissioner of Public Health shall post in a prominent location on the Department of Public Health's Internet web site a link to the Medicare online reporting tool that allows the public to compare…

Sec. 19a-490o. Establishment of mandatory reporting system for healthcare associated infections and microbial resistance. Posting of information on web site. (a) The Department of Public Health shall establish a mandatory reporting system for healthcare associated infections and …

Sec. 19a-490oo. Online nursing home consumer dashboard. The Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman and the Long-Term Care Advisory Council, shall establish an online nursing home consumer dashboard, within available appropriat…

Sec. 19a-490p. Development of plans by hospitals to reduce incidence of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infections. On or before January 1, 2009, each hospital shall develop a plan to reduce the incidence of persons contracting the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus…

Sec. 19a-490q. Health care employer: Work place safety committee; risk assessment; workplace violence prevention and response plan; adjustment to patient care assignment. Regulations. (a) As used in this section and sections 19a-490r, 19a-490s and 53a-167c: (1) “Health care emplo…

Sec. 19a-490r. Health care employer: Records and report re incidents of workplace violence. A health care employer shall maintain records which detail incidents of workplace violence and include the specific area or department of the employer's premises where the incident occurre…