SubTitle19a-639e-1_19a-639e-2. Termination of Healthcare Facility or Services; Certificate of Need  


Sec. 19a-639e-1. Termination of a health care facility
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(a) Any health care facility that was authorized through a certificate of need shall provide notice that it is terminating services not later than sixty days prior to the termination. The notification shall contain the following:

(1) The name and location of the health care facility;

(2) Reason for closing the facility;

(3) Other facilities where patients may be able to obtain the services that are currently provided by the facility that intends to close; and

(4) Date on which the facility will be closed.

(b) Any health care facility that was not authorized through a certificate of need and intends to close the facility shall notify the Office not later than sixty days prior to the termination of the facility. The notification shall contain the following:

(1) The name and location of the health care facility;

(2) Reason for closing the facility that intends to close;

(3) Other facilities where patients may obtain the services that are currently provided by the facility that intends to close; and

(4) Date on which the services will no longer be provided or on which the facility will be closed.

(Effective April 9, 2013)

Sec. 19a-639e-2. Termination of services provided by a health care facility
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(a) Unless otherwise required to file a certificate of need application pursuant to the provisions of section 19a-638 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any health care facility that intends to terminate a service or services which were authorized pursuant to a certificate of need shall file a modification of the original certificate of need on the forms available on the Office’s website. The applicant shall provide the following information to the Office:

(1) The service or services that the facility will no longer provide;

(2) The reasons that the facility will no longer provide the service or services;

(3) Other facilities where the patients may obtain the service or services which the facility will no longer provide; and

(4) The date on which the service or services will be terminated.

(b) Any health care facility that intends to terminate a service or services which were not authorized pursuant to a certificate of need shall notify the Office not later than sixty days prior to the termination of the service or services. The notification shall contain the following:

(1) The service or services that the facility will no longer provide;

(2) The reason that the facility will no longer provide the service or services;

(3) Other facilities where the patients may obtain the service or services which the facility will no longer provide; and

(4) The date on which the service or services will be terminated.

(Effective April 9, 2013)