Title 19a — Title 19a: Public Health and Well-Being
32 chapters · 1,163 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-444 19a-444
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Sec. 19a-444. Reserved for future use.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-445 to 19a-457 19a-445 to 19a-457
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Secs. 19a-445 to 19a-457. Transferred to Chapter 319c, Secs. 17a-270 to 17a-272, inclusive, and 17a-274 to 17a-283, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-45 (Formerly Sec. 19-15d). Transmittal of vital records to other states and the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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Sec. 19a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-15d). Transmittal of vital records to other states and the United States Department of Health and Human Services. (a) The Department of Public Health may, by agreement, transmit copies of vital records required by sections 7-42, 7-45, 7-46, 7-47b, 7…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-458 to 19a-458f 19a-458 to 19a-458f
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Secs. 19a-458 to 19a-458f. Transferred to Chapter 813, Secs. 46a-11a to 46a-11g, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-459 19a-459
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Sec. 19a-459. Reserved for future use.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-45a Memorandum of understanding between the Commissioners of Public Health and Social Services for improving public health services.
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Sec. 19a-45a. Memorandum of understanding between the Commissioners of Public Health and Social Services for improving public health services. The Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of improving public…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-45b Medical home pilot program.
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Sec. 19a-45b. Medical home pilot program. On or after January 1, 2007, and within any available federal or private funds, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, may establish a medical home pilot program in one region of the s…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-45c Evaluation and report required re medical home pilot program.
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Sec. 19a-45c. Evaluation and report required re medical home pilot program. Not later than one year following the establishment of the medical home pilot program under section 19a-45b, the Commissioner of Public Health, shall evaluate such pilot program to ascertain specific impr…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-45d Development of plan to streamline cross-enrollment of children receiving services under HUSKY A in other supplemental nutrition programs. Fact sheet containing eligibility requirements. Report.
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Sec. 19a-45d. Development of plan to streamline cross-enrollment of children receiving services under HUSKY A in other supplemental nutrition programs. Fact sheet containing eligibility requirements. Report. (a) Not later than January 1, 2025, the Department of Public Health, in …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-46 (Formerly Sec. 19-17). Expert examinations and inspections.
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Sec. 19a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-17). Expert examinations and inspections. Said department may, from time to time, engage suitable persons to render sanitary service and to make or supervise practical and scientific investigations and examinations requiring expert skill and to prep…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-460 19a-460
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Sec. 19a-460. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Sec. 17a-210.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-461 to 19a-464h 19a-461 to 19a-464h
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Secs. 19a-461 to 19a-464h. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Secs. 17a-214 to 17a-225, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-465 (Formerly Sec. 19-572). Diagnostic clinics for the mentally retarded. Funding.
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Sec. 19a-465. (Formerly Sec. 19-572). Diagnostic clinics for the mentally retarded. Funding. Section 19a-465 is repealed. (1959, P.A. 148, S. 34; 1961, P.A. 272; 1971, P.A. 719, S. 2; P.A. 75-638, S. 13, 23; P.A. 79-171, S. 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 86, 186; P.A. 88-28, S. 7, 8.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-466 and 19a-467 19a-466 and 19a-467
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Secs. 19a-466 and 19a-467. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Secs. 17a-226 and 17a-227.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-467a to 19a-467g 19a-467a to 19a-467g
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Secs. 19a-467a to 19a-467g. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Secs. 17a-231 to 17a-237, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-468 19a-468
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Sec. 19a-468. Transferred to Chapter 319c, Sec. 17a-273.
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-469 to 19a-475 19a-469 to 19a-475
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Secs. 19a-469 to 19a-475. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Secs. 17a-238 to 17a-244, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-47 (Formerly Sec. 19-18). Information to local authorities. Reports to department. Notification of spills.
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Sec. 19a-47. (Formerly Sec. 19-18). Information to local authorities. Reports to department. Notification of spills. (a) The Department of Public Health shall cause all proper sanitary information in its possession to be forwarded promptly to the local health authorities of any t…
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-476 to 19a-482 Definitions. Funding and provision of technical assistance and oversight for vocational services for severely disabled individuals. Funding for community work services program. Duties of commissioner re community work services program. Community Work Services Council; membership. Community Work Services Council; duties. Regulations.
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Secs. 19a-476 to 19a-482. Definitions. Funding and provision of technical assistance and oversight for vocational services for severely disabled individuals. Funding for community work services program. Duties of commissioner re community work services program. Community Work Ser…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-48 (Formerly Sec. 19-19). Care for children with cerebral palsy.
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Sec. 19a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-19). Care for children with cerebral palsy. The Department of Public Health shall furnish services for children who have cerebral palsy or who are suffering from conditions which lead to cerebral palsy, such services to include the locating of such …
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-483 to 19a-483b 19a-483 to 19a-483b
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Secs. 19a-483 to 19a-483b. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Secs. 17a-228 to 17a-230, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-483c 19a-483c
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Sec. 19a-483c. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Sec. 17a-245.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-484 19a-484
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Sec. 19a-484. Transferred to Chapter 319b, Sec. 17a-247.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-485 Home for the aged deemed to mean residential care home.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486 Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Definitions.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486a Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Certificate of need determination letter. Hearing. Application for approval.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486b Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by Commissioner of Health Strategy and Attorney General.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486c Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Powers of Attorney General. Grounds for disapproval by Attorney General.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486d Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Disapproval by Commissioner of Health Strategy. Powers of Commissioner of Health Strategy.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486e Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Public hearings.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486f Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Appeal.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486g Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Denial of license.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486h Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Construction of governing law.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486i Definitions. Notice to Attorney General and Commissioner of Health Strategy of certain mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Reports.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486j Reports required re hospital financial health.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-487 Mobile field hospital: Defined, board of directors.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-487a Mobile field hospital: Certificate of need exemption for hospital beds and related equipment.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-487b Mobile field hospital: Regulations.
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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. …
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-488 and 19a-489 19a-488 and 19a-489
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Secs. 19a-488 and 19a-489. Reserved for future use.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-49 (Formerly Sec. 19-19a). Services for persons with cystic fibrosis.
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Sec. 19a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-19a). Services for persons with cystic fibrosis. The Department of Public Health shall establish and administer a program of services for children and adults suffering from cystic fibrosis, and for such purpose shall have the same powers as are conf…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490 (Formerly Sec. 19-576). Licensing of institutions. Definitions.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490a “Community health center” defined.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490aa Health care institution to obtain potable water from bulk water hauler or bottler during water supply shortage.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 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.
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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 …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490bb Surgical smoke evacuation system policies for hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490c Moratorium on licensing of family care homes.
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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.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490cc HIV-related testing by hospital employees or staff members for patients thirteen years of age or older.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490d Prevention of accidental needlestick injuries in health care facilities and institutions.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490dd Accessibility of medical diagnostic equipment in health care facilities and practice locations.
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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…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490e Use of E-codes by hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and outpatient clinics.
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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…