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      Sec. 19a-634. (Formerly Sec. 19a-150). State-wide health care facility studies, plans and recommendations. (a) The Office of Health Care Access, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall carry out a continuing state-wide health care facility utilization study, including a study of existing health care delivery systems; recommend improvements in health care procedures to the health care facilities and institutions; recommend to the commissioner legislation in the area of health care programs; and report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly its findings, recommendations and proposals, as of January first, for improving efficiency, lowering health care costs, coordinating use of facilities and services and expanding the availability of health care throughout the state.

      (b) The office shall establish and maintain a state-wide health care facilities plan, including provisions for an ongoing evaluation of the facility utilization study conducted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to: (1) Determine the availability of acute care, long-term care and home health care services in private and public institutional and community-based facilities providing diagnostic or therapeutic services for residents of this state; (2) determine the scope of such services; and (3) anticipate future needs for such facilities and services. The health care facilities plan shall be considered part of the state health plan for purposes of office deliberations pursuant to section 19a-637.

      (P.A. 73-117, S. 8, 31; P.A. 75-562, S. 4, 8; P.A. 77-192, S. 5, 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11, S. 14, 25; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 45, 58.)

      History: P.A. 75-562 required that recommendations be made to health commissioner rather than to governor and general assembly; P.A. 77-192 required consultation with state bureau of health planning and development and deleted commission's duty to formulate state-wide health care program for improving delivery of services; Sec. 19-73h transferred to Sec. 19a-150 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-11 replaced reference to "state bureau of health planning and development" with department of health services, replaced utilization review with utilization study, and added Subsec. (b) requiring the commission to establish and maintain a state-wide health care facilities plan; 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 "commission" with "Office of Health Care Access" and "office" and "Department of Public Health and Addiction Services" with "Department of Public Health", effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-150 transferred to Sec. 19a-634 in 1997.

      Annotations to former section 19a-150:

      Cited. 200 C. 489. Cited. 208 C. 663. Cited. 214 C. 321. Cited. 226 C. 105. Cited. 235 C. 128.