2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-121a). Liability for cost of care after October 1, 1967.
Sec. 19a-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-121a). Liability for cost of care after October
1, 1967. (a) No patient or any relative of such patient shall be liable for the cost of his
care on and after October 1, 1967, in a tuberculosis facility in a chronic disease hospital
or, for patients received pursuant to section 19a-255, in other inpatient or outpatient
treatment programs; except that if any such patient (1) is a veteran and the tuberculosis
or suspected tuberculosis for which he has been hospitalized or treated is a service-connected disability entitling him to medical benefits, or (2) is eligible for medical
benefits under any workers' compensation law or under any other private or public
medical insurance or payment plan, such patient or his obligor shall be liable for the
costs of such care to the extent of such benefits. Such costs shall be determined in the
manner provided by subsection (a) of section 17b-223.
(1967, P.A. 839, S. 2; P.A. 76-139, S. 7; P.A. 79-376, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 76-139 excluded patients and relatives from liability for costs of those received in inpatient or outpatient treatment programs and added clarifying phrase "by the state" in Subsec. (b); P.A. 79-376 replaced "workmen's compensation" with "workers' compensation" in Subsec. (a); Sec. 19-121a transferred to Sec. 19a-256 in 1983.
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