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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut creates new hospital license category for long-term acute care facilities
Last action · April 8, 2026: Immediate Transmittal to Committee on AppropriationsSponsor: Martha Marx
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What This Bill Proposed
To establish licensure for long-term acute care hospitals.
The change alters state regulatory oversight and licensing pathways for specialized long-stay medical facilities, potentially shifting fee structures for existing s and subjecting staff to standard background check rules.
- Long-term acute care hospitals in Connecticut were previously licensed under the state's chronic disease hospital category. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Long-term acute care hospitals
Chronic disease hospitals
Existing chronic disease hospitals face potential annual revenue and fee changes depending on whether they transition to the new licensure category.
Department of Public Health
The agency incurs a one-time cost of up to $100,000 in FY 27 to draft regulations and must oversee the new licensure process.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
10 actions- Apr 8, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyImmediate Transmittal to Committee on Appropriations
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFile Number 29
- Mar 16, 2026SenateSenate Calendar Number 50
- Mar 16, 2026SenateFavorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
- Mar 16, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 9, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyReferred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/16/26 12:00 PM
Show 4 earlier actions
- Mar 3, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyFiled with Legislative Commissioners' Office
- Mar 2, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyJoint Favorable Substitute
- Feb 13, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyPublic Hearing 02/18
- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Public Health
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Sources
cga.ct.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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