2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368z - Office of Health Care Access
Section 19a-639b - Certificate of need. Validity, extension, revocation and nontransferability. Policies, procedures and regulations.

(a) A certificate of need shall be valid only for the project described in the application. A certificate of need shall be valid for two years from the date of issuance by the office. During the period of time that such certificate is valid and the thirty-day period following the expiration of the certificate, the holder of the certificate shall provide the office with such information as the office may request on the development of the project covered by the certificate.

(b) Upon request from a certificate holder, the office may extend the duration of a certificate of need for such additional period of time as the office determines is reasonably necessary to expeditiously complete the project. Not later than five business days after receiving a request to extend the duration of a certificate of need, the office shall post such request on its web site. Any person who wishes to comment on extending the duration of the certificate of need shall provide written comments to the office on the requested extension not later than thirty days after the date the office posts notice of the request for an extension of time on its web site. The office shall hold a public hearing on any request to extend the duration of a certificate of need if three or more individuals or an individual representing an entity with five or more people submits a request, in writing, that a public hearing be held on the request to extend the duration of a certificate of need.

(c) In the event that the office determines that: (1) Commencement, construction or other preparation has not been substantially undertaken during a valid certificate of need period; or (2) the certificate holder has not made a good-faith effort to complete the project as approved, the office may withdraw, revoke or rescind the certificate of need.

(d) A certificate of need shall not be transferable or assignable nor shall a project be transferred from a certificate holder to another person.

(e) The Commissioner of Public Health may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner holds a public hearing prior to implementing the policies and procedures and prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted. Final regulations shall be adopted by December 31, 2011.

(P.A. 98-150, S. 5, 17; P.A. 06-28, S. 4; 06-64, S. 8; P.A. 07-149, S. 5; P.A. 09-232, S. 95; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 11; P.A. 10-18, S. 13; 10-179, S. 90.)

History: P.A. 98-150 effective June 5, 1998; P.A. 06-28 amended Subsec. (a)(1) by increasing the capital expenditure threshold from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 06-64 amended Subsec. (a) to restrict exemption to nonprofits currently under contract with a state agency or department, to make a conforming change and delete current need determination requirement imposed upon Office of Health Care Access in Subdiv. (2), and to add Subdiv. (4) re needs determination requirement with respect to exemptions involving relocation of services, added new Subsec. (b) re criteria for granting exemptions involving termination of a service or facility and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (c) and (d), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-149 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (b); P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (a)(3)(D) by making a conforming change re definition applicable to facility or institution that seeks to “transfer its ownership or control” and added Subsec. (e) re psychiatric residential treatment facility not eligible for exemption from certificate of need requirements; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsecs. (a), (b) and (d) by substituting Commissioner of Public Health for Commissioner of Health Care Access, effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 10-18 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(3)(D); P.A. 10-179 replaced former Subsecs. (a) to (e) with new Subsecs. (a) to (e) re validity of certificate of need, extensions to duration, revocation and nontransferability of certificate and authority of Commissioner of Public Health to implement policies and procedures while in process of adopting regulations.