2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 10a - State System of Higher Education
Chapter 185b - Constituent Units
Section 10a-109ii - NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital.

(a) Not later than June 30, 2011, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and John Dempsey Hospital shall (1) jointly notify the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management regarding their agreement to proceed with the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital, or (2) notify the secretary, either jointly or individually, that Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, John Dempsey Hospital, or both, have abandoned their plans to proceed with the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital. For purposes of this section, the NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital shall be treated as one project and shall not be separated for purposes of the certificate of need approval process without the filing of a new certificate of need application pursuant to chapter 368z and subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the process for certificate of need approval governed by chapter 368z, to the extent applicable, shall be expedited for the NICU transfer, The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation and any of the UConn health network initiatives as follows: No extensions of the ninety-day time period within which the Office of Health Care Access division within the Department of Public Health has to issue a decision to grant, deny or modify the request for a certificate of need following the receipt of a complete certificate of need application shall be made to any of the applicants or said office, or any successor office, department or agency.

(c) State employees who provide services in the neonatal intensive care unit shall continue to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions of employment through such employees’ respective bargaining agents, in accordance with chapter 68, pursuant to any agreement entered into by John Dempsey Hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation.

(d) The NICU transfer shall not result in any change in the licensure or ownership of the transport service currently operated by John Dempsey Hospital. Employees providing transport services on behalf of John Dempsey Hospital shall continue to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions of employment through such employees’ respective bargaining agents, in accordance with chapter 68, pursuant to any agreement entered into between John Dempsey Hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation.

(P.A. 10-104, S. 10; P.A. 11-75, S. 7.)

History: P.A. 10-104 effective June 3, 2010; P.A. 11-75 amended Subsec. (a) to extend deadline for notification of agreement re NICU transfer and increase in bed capacity of John Dempsey Hospital from December 31, 2010, to June 30, 2011, effective July 8, 2011.