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      Sec. 17a-678. (Formerly Sec. 19a-5b). Programs and facilities exempt from certificate of need requirement. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 19a-638 and 19a-639, (1) a community agency operating a program in a state institution or facility, (2) a nonprofit community agency operating a program, identified as closing a service delivery system gap in the state-wide service delivery plan, in a state institution or facility, and receiving funds from the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or (3) a nonprofit substance abuse treatment facility, identified as closing a service delivery system gap in the state-wide service delivery plan and receiving funds from the department, shall not be required to obtain a certificate of need from the Office of Health Care Access.

      (P.A. 89-390, S. 14, 15, 37; P.A. 90-261, S. 11, 19; P.A. 93-381, S. 25, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 39, 58; P.A. 98-150, S. 16, 17; P.A. 06-64, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 90-261 added Subsec. (d)(3) re the exemption of a nonprofit substance abuse treatment facility from the requirement of obtaining a certificate of need; P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with department of public health and addiction services and deleted Subsecs. (a), (b), (c) and (e) re use of surplus institutions or facilities for alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-646 transferred to Sec. 19a-5b in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and replaced Commission on Hospitals and Health Care with Office of Health Care Access, effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-5b transferred to Sec. 17a-678 in 1997; P.A. 98-150 added Subsec. (b) re construction of Subsec. (a), effective June 5, 1998; P.A. 06-64 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and deleted former Subsec. (b) re construction of Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2006.