SB 438 — AN ACT ASSISTING COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

General Assembly   CommitteeSubstitute Bill No.

438 January Session, 2017   LCO*_____SB00438PH____032817____* No.AN ACT ASSISTING COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

5607   *05607SB00438PH_* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH   Introduced by:

  (PH)   AN ACT ASSISTING COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.

(3)Sec. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall review the application and application screening process for the Small Business Express program to ensure that said program facilitates the participation of physicians and physician's offices in the program as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection and, if necessary, modify such application or process to promote the participation of physicians and physician's offices in the program.

On2. or before January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and commerce on the findings and results of the review and any proposed modification to the program required under this subsection.

(Effective October 1, 2017) The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Connecticut State Medical Society, shall review the application and application screening process for the Small Business Express program, established under section 32-7g of the general statutes, as amended by this act, to ensure that said program facilitates the participation of physicians and physician's offices in the program as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of said section and, if necessary, modify such application or process to promote the participation of physicians and physician's offices in the program.

On or before January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and commerce on the findings and results of the review and any proposed modification to the program required under this section.

Section 1 October 1, 2017 32-7g(a) StatementSec. of Purpose:

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[ProposedSubdivision deletions(3) areof enclosedsubsection (a) of Section 1 was redesignated as Section 2 for consistency with standard drafting conventions, and in brackets.Section 2 "established under section 32-7g of the general statutes, as amended by this act," was inserted after "program" for clarity, "this subsection" was changed to "subsection (a) of said section" for accuracy, and "subsection" was changed to "section" for accuracy.

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LOONEY, 11th Dist.;

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FASANO, 34th Dist.

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