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      Sec. 19a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-21d). Loans for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines. The Department of Public Health, with the advice of The Kidney Foundation of Connecticut, Inc., may grant loans to residents of this state for purchase of machines for hemodialysis treatment in their homes. Such loans shall be repaid in not more than ten years from the date thereof and shall bear interest at the rate of one and one-half per cent per annum. Such loans shall be granted subject to regulations and criteria promulgated by the Department of Public Health according to the need and not necessarily the income of the applicant.

      (P.A. 73-447, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-21d transferred to Sec. 19a-57 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.

      See chapter 54 re uniform administrative procedure.

      See also chapter 368h re kidney disease.