HB 5027 Summary

• Extends the UConn 2000 infrastructure improvement program through 2018, increasing authorized borrowing from $1.25 billion to $1.555 billion to support campus construction and renovation projects at Storrs and regional campuses.

• Establishes the UConn Health Network initiatives with $30 million in state bonds to support a simulation and conference center at Hartford Hospital, a primary care institute at Saint Francis Hospital, a cancer center in New Britain, nursing excellence programs, and clinical trials units.

• Requires The University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation (including a new bed tower at John Dempsey Hospital) to secure at least $100 million in federal, private, or non-state funding before construction begins, with university bonds capped at $207 million.

• Transfers 40 neonatal intensive care unit beds from John Dempsey Hospital to Connecticut Children's Medical Center while maintaining John Dempsey's total bed capacity and expanding Connecticut Children's capacity accordingly.

• Extends bioscience tax incentives to businesses in Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, and specific areas of Farmington, providing the same enterprise zone benefits for companies engaged in bioscience, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or photonics research and development.