Sec. 19a-612b. Office of Health Care Access to be successor agency to the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-612b. Office of Health Care Access to be successor agency to the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care. (a) The Office of Health Care Access shall constitute a successor agency to the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care, in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-38d and 4-39.

      (b) Wherever the words "Commission on Hospitals and Health Care" are used in the general statutes, the words "Office of Health Care Access" shall be substituted in lieu thereof.

      (c) Any order, decision, agreed settlement, or regulation of the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care which is in force on June 30, 1995, shall continue in force and effect as an order or regulation of the Office of Health Care Access until amended, repealed or superseded pursuant to law. The Commissioner of Health Care Access may implement policies and procedures consistent with the provisions of section 4-5, sections 19a-612 to 19a-614, inclusive, section 19a-630, subsection (b) of section 19a-631, sections 19a-632 to 19a-634, inclusive, 19a-638 and 19a-639 while in the process of adopting the policy or procedure in regulation form, provided notice of intention to adopt the regulations is printed in the Connecticut Law Journal within twenty days of implementation. The policy or procedure shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.

      (P.A. 95-257, S. 35, 58; P.A. 98-150, S. 14, 17.)

      History: P.A. 95-257, S. 35 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-150 made technical changes re statutory references in Subsec. (c), effective June 5, 1998.