Sec. 19a-509f. Prohibited utility charges to nursing home residents. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-509f. Prohibited utility charges to nursing home residents. (a) No telephone company, telecommunications company, certified telecommunications provider, community antenna television company, certified competitive video service provider or holder of a certificate of cable franchise authority, all as defined in section 16-1, shall charge an installation fee to a resident of a residential care home, nursing home or rest home, as defined in section 19a-490, when such resident moves from one room in said home to another. Any violation of this subsection shall not constitute an unfair or deceptive trade practice under section 42-110b.

      (b) No owner or operator of a residential care home, nursing home or rest home, as defined in section 19a-490, shall charge any resident of such home a fee for the installation of telecommunication or community antenna television service, as defined in section 12-407, when such resident moves from one room in said home to another.

      (P.A. 08-115, S. 1, 2.)