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Read. Follow. Verify.Connecticut bill revises hospital tax calculation based on Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured patients
Last action · February 11, 2026: Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and BondingSponsors: Joan Hartley and 11 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Connecticut Senate Bill 188 proposes to change how the state's hospital tax is calculated so that it is based on the volume of , , and uninsured patients a hospital serves.
Changes how tax liabilities are distributed among hospitals across the state, directly affecting institutions that serve higher proportions of publicly insured and uninsured patients.
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.
Hospitals
Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured patients
Patients dependent on public programs or lacking insurance may see indirect effects on hospital resources and funding.
Key Facts
- Proposes to revise the calculation method for the state hospital tax under chapter 211c of the general statutes.
- Bases the new hospital tax calculation on the number of Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured patients served by each hospital.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 11, 2026Connecticut General AssemblyCommitteeReferred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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