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CT SB00839

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2025

Primary Sponsor

Martin Looney

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Origin

Senate

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends subsection (l) of section 19a-508c of Connecticut general statutes regarding hospital facility fee prohibitions
  • Classifies violations of facility fee collection restrictions by hospitals, health systems, or hospital-based facilities for certain outpatient services as unfair trade practices under chapter 735a
  • Applies to existing prohibitions on collecting facility fees for specified outpatient health care services
  • Enables enforcement through Connecticut's unfair trade practice laws, providing additional consumer protection remedies

Legislative Description

An Act Establishing That The Violation Of Any Provision Prohibiting The Collection Of A Facility Fee By A Hospital, Health System Or Hospital-based Facility For Certain Outpatient Health Care Services Is An Unfair Trade Practice.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health

1/21/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health1/21/2025

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