Sec. 19a-486b. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by commissioner and Attorney General. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-486b. Sale of nonprofit hospitals: Approval by commissioner and Attorney General. Not later than one hundred twenty days after the date of receipt of the completed application pursuant to subsection (d) of section 19a-486a, the Attorney General and the commissioner shall approve the application, with or without modification, or deny the application. The commissioner 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 sections 19a-638 and 19a-639, the commissioner 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 agreement of the Attorney General, the commissioner, the nonprofit hospital and the purchaser. 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 commissioner 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.

      (P.A. 97-188, S. 3, 10; P.A. 03-73, S. 3.)

      History: P.A. 97-188 effective June 26, 1997; P.A. 03-73 replaced former Subsecs. (a) and (b) with provisions re approval process including joint actions by commissioner and Attorney General.