Section 19a-486b - Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by executive director and Attorney General(a) Not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of receipt of the completed application pursuant to subsection (e) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and the executive director shall approve the application, with or without modification, or deny the application. The executive director shall also determine, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 368z, whether to approve, with or without modification, or deny the application for a certificate of need that is part of the completed application. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19a-639a, the executive director shall complete the decision on the application for a certificate of need within the same time period as the completed application. Such one-hundred-twenty-day period may be extended by (1) agreement of the Attorney General, the executive director, the nonprofit hospital and the purchaser, or (2) the executive director for an additional one hundred twenty days pending completion of a cost and market impact review conducted pursuant to section 19a-639f. If the Attorney General initiates a proceeding to enforce a subpoena pursuant to section 19a-486c or 19a-486d, the one-hundred-twenty-day period shall be tolled until the final court decision on the last pending enforcement proceeding, including any appeal or time for the filing of such appeal. Unless the one-hundred-twenty-day period is extended pursuant to this section, if the executive director and Attorney General fail to take action on an agreement prior to the one hundred twenty-first day after the date of the filing of the completed application, the application shall be deemed approved.(b) The executive director and the Attorney General may place any conditions on the approval of an application that relate to the purposes of sections 19a-486a to 19a-486h, inclusive. In placing any such conditions the executive director shall follow the guidelines and criteria described in subdivision (4) of subsection (d) of section 19a-639. Any such conditions may be in addition to any conditions placed by the executive director pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection (d) of section 19a-639.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-486b
( P.A. 97-188, S. 3, 10; P.A. 03-73, S. 3; P.A. 10-179, S. 113; P.A. 14-168, S. 10; P.A. 15-146, S. 35; 15-242, S. 38; P.A. 18-91, S. 50.)
Amended by P.A. 15-0242, S. 38 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 15-0146, S. 35 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 14-0168, S. 10 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2014 Regular Session, eff. 6/3/2014.Amended by P.A. 10-0179, S. 113 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2010.