§ 17b-356

Any health care facility or institution, as defined in subsection (a) of section 19a-490, except a nursing home, rest home, residential care home or residential facility for persons with intellectual disability licensed pursuant to section 17a-227 and certified to participate in the Title XIX Medicaid program as an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities, proposing to expand its services by adding nursing home beds shall obtain the approval of the Commissioner of Social Services in accordance with the procedures established pursuant to sections 17b-352, 17b-353 and 17b-354 for a facility, as defined in section 17b-352, prior to obtaining the approval of the Health Systems Planning Unit of the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to section 19a-639.(P.A. 93-262, S. 15, 87; P.A. 95-257, S. 39, 58; P.A. 97-112, S. 2; P.A. 10-179, S. 102; P.A. 13-139, S. 13; P.A. 18-91, S. 73.)History: P.A. 93-262 effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-112 replaced 'home for the aged' with 'residential care home'; P.A.

93; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-112 replaced 'home for the aged' with 'residential care home'; P.A. 10-179 replaced 'Office of Health Care Access' with 'Office of Health Care Access division of the Department of Public Health' and deleted reference to Sec. 19a-638; P.A. 13-139 substituted 'persons with intellectual disability' or 'individuals with intellectual disabilities' for 'the mentally retarded'; P.A. 18-91 replaced reference to Office of Health Care Access with reference to Health Systems Planning Unit, effective May 14, 2018.