(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Community benefit partners” means federal, state and municipal government entities and private sector entities, including, but not limited to, faith-based organizations, businesses, educational and academic organizations, health care organizations, health departments, philanthropic organizations, organizations specializing in housing justice, planning and land use organizations, public safety organizations, transportation organizations and tribal organizations, that, in partnership with hospitals, play an essential role with respect to the policy, system, program and financing solutions necessary to achieve community benefit program goals;
(2) “Community benefit program” means any voluntary program or activity to promote preventive health care, protect health and safety, improve health equity and reduce health disparities, reduce the cost and economic burden of poor health and improve the health status for all populations within the geographic service areas of a hospital, regardless of whether a member of any such population is a patient of such hospital;
(3) “Community benefit program reporting” means the community health needs assessment, implementation strategy and annual report submitted by a hospital to the Office of Health Strategy pursuant to the provisions of this section;
(4) “Community health needs assessment” means a written assessment, as described in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3);
(5) “Health disparities” means health differences that are closely linked with social or economic disadvantages that adversely affect one or more groups of people who have experienced greater systemic social or economic obstacles to health or a safe environment based on race or ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, age, mental health, cognitive, sensory or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, geographic location or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion;
(6) “Health equity” means that every person has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible, which encompasses removing obstacles to health, such as poverty, racism and the adverse consequences of poverty and racism, including, but not limited to, a lack of equitable opportunities, access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments and health care;
(7) “Hospital” means a nonprofit entity licensed as a hospital pursuant to chapter 368v that is required to annually file Internal Revenue Service form 990. “Hospital” includes a for-profit entity licensed as an acute care general hospital;
(8) “Implementation strategy” means a written plan, as described in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3), that is adopted by an authorized body of a hospital and documents how such hospital intends to address the needs identified in the community health needs assessment; and
(9) “Meaningful participation” means that (A) residents of a hospital's community, including, but not limited to, residents of such community that experience the greatest health disparities, have an appropriate opportunity to participate in such hospital's planning and decisions, (B) community participation influences a hospital's planning, and (C) participants receive information from a hospital summarizing how their input was or was not used by such hospital.
(b) On and after January 1, 2023, each hospital shall submit community benefit program reporting to the Office of Health Strategy, or to a designee selected by the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, in the form and manner described in subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section.
(c) Each hospital shall submit its community health needs assessment to the Office of Health Strategy not later than thirty days after the date on which such assessment is made available to the public pursuant to 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3)(b), provided the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or the executive director's designee, may grant an extension of time to a hospital for the filing of such assessment. Such submission shall contain the following:
(1) Consistent with the requirements set forth in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3)(b)(6)(i), and as included in a hospital's federal filing submitted to the Internal Revenue Service:
(A) A definition of the community served by the hospital and a description of how the community was determined;
(B) A description of the process and methods used to conduct the community health needs assessment;
(C) A description of how the hospital solicited and took into account input received from persons who represent the broad interests of the community it serves;
(D) A prioritized description of the significant health needs of the community identified through the community health needs assessment, and a description of the process and criteria used in identifying certain health needs as significant and prioritizing those significant health needs;
(E) A description of the resources potentially available to address the significant health needs identified through the community health needs assessment;
(F) An evaluation of the impact of any actions that were taken, since the hospital finished conducting its immediately preceding community health needs assessment, to address the significant health needs identified in the hospital's prior community health needs assessment; and
(2) Additional documentation of the following:
(A) The names of the individuals responsible for developing the community health needs assessment;
(B) The demographics of the population within the geographic service area of the hospital and, to the extent feasible, a detailed description of the health disparities, health risks, insurance status, service utilization patterns and health care costs within such geographic service area;
(C) A description of the health status and health disparities affecting the population within the geographic service area of the hospital, including, but not limited to, the health status and health disparities affecting a representative spectrum of age, racial and ethnic groups, incomes and medically underserved populations;
(D) A description of the meaningful participation afforded to community benefit partners and diverse community members in assessing community health needs, priorities and target populations;
(E) A description of the barriers to achieving or maintaining health and to accessing health care, including, but not limited to, social, economic and environmental barriers, lack of access to or availability of sources of health care coverage and services and a lack of access to and availability of prevention and health promotion services and support;
(F) Recommendations regarding the role that the state and other community benefit partners could play in removing the barriers described in subparagraph (E) of this subdivision and enabling effective solutions; and
(G) Any additional information, data or disclosures that the hospital voluntarily chooses to include as may be relevant to its community benefit program.
(d) Each hospital shall submit its implementation strategy to the Office of Health Strategy not later than thirty days after the date on which such implementation strategy is adopted pursuant to 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3)(c), provided the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or the executive director's designee, may grant an extension to a hospital for the filing of such implementation strategy. Such submission shall contain the following:
(1) Consistent with the requirements set forth in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-(3)(b)(6)(i), and as included in a hospital's federal filing submitted to the Internal Revenue Service:
(A) With respect to each significant health need identified through the community health needs assessment, either (i) a description of how the hospital plans to address the health need, or (ii) identification of the health need as one which the hospital does not intend to address;
(B) For significant health needs described in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, (i) a description of the actions that the hospital intends to take to address the health need and the anticipated impact of such actions, (ii) identification of the resources that the hospital plans to commit to address the health need, and (iii) a description of any planned collaboration between the hospital and other facilities or organizations to address the health need;
(C) For significant health needs identified in subparagraph (A)(ii) of this subdivision, an explanation of why the hospital does not intend to address such health need; and
(2) Additional documentation of the following:
(A) The names of the individuals responsible for developing the implementation strategy;
(B) A description of the meaningful participation afforded to community benefit partners and diverse community members;
(C) A description of the community health needs and health disparities that were prioritized in developing the implementation strategy with consideration given to the most recent version of the state health plan prepared by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-7;
(D) Reference-citing evidence, if available, that shows how the implementation strategy is intended to address the corresponding health need or reduction in health disparity;
(E) A description of the planned methods for the ongoing evaluation of proposed actions and corresponding process or outcome measures intended for use in assessing progress or impact;
(F) A description of how the hospital solicited commentary on the implementation strategy from the communities within such hospital's geographic service area and revisions to such strategy based on such commentary; and
(G) Any other information that the hospital voluntarily chooses to include as may be relevant to its implementation strategy, including, but not limited to, data, disclosures, expected or planned resource outlay, investments or commitments, including, but not limited to, staff, financial or in-kind commitments.
(e) On or before October 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, each hospital shall submit to the Office of Health Strategy a status report on such hospital's community benefit program, provided the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, or the executive director's designee, may grant an extension to a hospital for the filing of such report. Such report shall include the following:
(1) A description of major updates regarding community health needs, priorities and target populations, if any;
(2) A description of progress made regarding the hospital's actions in support of its implementation strategy;
(3) A description of any major changes to the proposed implementation strategy and associated hospital actions; and
(4) A description of financial resources and other resources allocated or expended that supported the actions taken in support of the hospital's implementation strategy.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 19a-755a, and to the full extent permitted by 45 CFR 164.514(e), the Office of Health Strategy shall make data in the all-payer claims database available to hospitals for use in their community benefit programs and activities solely for the purposes of (1) preparing the hospital's community health needs assessment, (2) preparing and executing the hospital's implementation strategy, and (3) fulfilling community benefit program reporting, as described in subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section. Any disclosure made by said office pursuant to this subsection of information other than health information shall be made in a manner to protect the confidentiality of such information as may be required by state or federal law.
(g) A hospital shall not be responsible for limitations in its ability to fulfill community benefit program reporting requirements, as described in subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section, if the all-payer claims database data is not provided to such hospital, as required by subsection (f) of this section.
(h) On or before April 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy shall develop a summary and analysis of the community benefit program reporting submitted by hospitals under this section during the previous calendar year and post such summary and analysis on its Internet web site and solicit stakeholder input through a public comment period. The Office of Health Strategy shall use such reporting and stakeholder input to:
(1) Identify additional stakeholders that may be engaged to address identified community health needs including, but not limited to, federal, state and municipal entities, nonhospital private sector health care providers and private sector entities that are not health care providers, including community-based organizations, insurers and charitable organizations;
(2) Determine how each identified stakeholder could assist in addressing identified community health needs or augmenting solutions or approaches reported in the implementation strategies;
(3) Determine whether to make recommendations to the Department of Public Health in the development of its state health plan; and
(4) Inform the state-wide health care facilities and services plan established pursuant to section 19a-634.
(i) Each for-profit entity licensed as an acute care general hospital shall submit community benefit program reporting consistent with the reporting schedules of subsections (c) to (e), inclusive, of this section, and reasonably similar to what would be included on such hospital's federal filings to the Internal Revenue Service, where applicable.
(P.A. 00-57; P.A. 03-80, S. 1; P.A. 08-184, S. 39; P.A. 22-58, S. 50.)
History: P.A. 03-80 amended Subsecs. (b), (d) and (e) to change frequency of reporting and commissioner's summary from annually to biennially, and added Subsec. (f) re civil penalty; P.A. 08-184 deleted Subsec. (a)(4) which defined “commissioner”, amended Subsecs. (b), (e) and (f) by substituting “Healthcare Advocate” or designee for “commissioner” or designee and amended Subsec. (e) by adding “within available appropriations”; P.A. 22-58 amended Subsec. (a) by adding new Subdiv. (1) defining “community benefit partners”, replacing “community benefits program” with “community benefit program” and redefining “community benefit program” in existing Subdiv. (1), redesignating existing Subdiv. (1) as Subdiv. (2), deleting existing Subdiv. (2) defining “managed care organization”, adding new Subdivs. (3) to (6) defining “community benefit program reporting”, “community health needs assessment”, “health disparities” and “health equity”, redefining “hospital” in existing Subdiv. (3), redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (7) and adding Subdivs. (8) and (9) defining “implementation strategy” and “meaningful participation”, amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re applicability on and after January 1, 2023, deleting existing provisions re reporting to the Healthcare Advocate and adding provision re reporting to Office of Health Strategy, deleted former Subsec. (c) re community benefit guidelines, added new Subsec. (c) re submission of community health needs assessment, deleted former Subsec. (d) re community benefit program reporting, added new Subsec. (d) re submission of implementation strategy, added new Subsec. (e) re submission of community benefit program status report, added new Subsec. (f) re availability of all-payer claims database information to hospitals for community benefit program purposes, added Subsec. (g) re hospital responsibility for limitations in ability to fulfill program reporting requirements, redesignated existing Subsec. (e) as Subsec. (h) and substantially revised same re Office of Health Strategy's summary and analysis of community benefit program reporting, deleted former Subsec. (f) and added Subsec. (i) re reporting by acute care general hospitals, effective January 1, 2023.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health
Section 19a-2a. - Powers and duties.
Section 19a-4. (Formerly Sec. 19-2a). - Commissioner to organize department and adopt regulations.
Section 19a-4i. - Office of Injury Prevention.
Section 19a-4j. - Office of Health Equity.
Section 19a-4k. - Advisory Commission on Multicultural Health.
Section 19a-4l. - Office of Oral Public Health.
Section 19a-5. (Formerly Sec. 19-4). - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 19a-6d. - Tobacco abuse reduction and health plan.
Section 19a-6e. - Traumatic brain injury patient registry.
Section 19a-6f. - Listing of certified medical assistants.
Section 19a-6i. - School-based health center advisory committee. Members. Duties. Report.
Section 19a-6o. - Palliative Care Advisory Council. Duties. Members. Report.
Section 19a-6p. - School-based health centers. Hours. Services. Reimbursement for services.
Section 19a-6q. - Chronic disease plan.
Section 19a-6s. - Provision of vaccines by clinical medical assistants under supervision.
Section 19a-6t. - Connecticut Rare Disease Advisory Council. Duties. Members. Report.
Section 19a-6u. - School-based health center expansion grant program.
Section 19a-7b. - Health Care Access Commission.
Section 19a-7c. - Subsidized nongroup health insurance product for pregnant women.
Section 19a-7d. - Primary care direct services program.
Section 19a-7e. - Health care for uninsured pregnant women demonstration project.
Section 19a-7g. - Childhood Immunization Advisory Council.
Section 19a-7h. - Immunization information system. Regulations.
Section 19a-7i. - Extension of coverage under the maternal and child health block grant.
Section 19a-7k. - Preventive dental care pilot program.
Section 19a-7o. - Hepatitis C and HIV-related testing.
Section 19a-7p. - Public health fee. Annual reporting requirement. Appeal. Penalties. Overpayment.
Section 19a-7s. - Evaluation of data re exemptions from immunization requirements. Report.
Section 19a-7u. - Pilot program to expand behavioral health care. Grants.
Section 19a-12c. - Professional assistance program account.
Section 19a-13. (Formerly Sec. 19-4n). - Regulated professions; definitions.
Section 19a-14. (Formerly Sec. 19-4o). - Powers of department concerning regulated professions.
Section 19a-14a. - Professional licenses. Investigations and disciplinary action.
Section 19a-14b. - Radon mitigators, diagnosticians and testing companies. Regulations.
Section 19a-14c. - Provision of outpatient mental health treatment to minors.
Section 19a-16e. - Scope of practice review committees. Membership. Duties.
Section 19a-16f. - Report to General Assembly on scope of practice review processes.
Section 19a-17. (Formerly Sec. 19-4s). - Disciplinary action by department, boards and commissions.
Section 19a-17a. - Review of medical malpractice awards and certain settlements.
Section 19a-17m. - Malpractice insurance purchase program.
Section 19a-17n. - Malpractice insurance purchase program. Regulations. Limitations.
Section 19a-18. (Formerly Sec. 19-4t). - Meaning of term “licensed” for insurance purposes.
Section 19a-19. (Formerly Sec. 19-4u). - Regulation of business practices.
Section 19a-21. (Formerly Sec. 19-4w). - Disposition of licensing fees.
Section 19a-22. (Formerly Sec. 19-4x). - Actions by department, boards and commissions; appeals.
Section 19a-23. (Formerly Sec. 19-4y). - Boards and commissions; records.
Section 19a-25a. - Regulations re electronic signatures for medical records.
Section 19a-25b. - Electronic prescribing systems authorized.
Section 19a-25c. - Medical records systems: Electronic and paper formats authorized.
Section 19a-25e. - Connecticut Health Information Network plan.
Section 19a-27. (Formerly Sec. 19-7a). - Test for rubella immunity. Regulations.
Section 19a-28. (Formerly Sec. 19-8). - Toxicology laboratory.
Section 19a-29. (Formerly Sec. 19-9). - Special laboratories.
Section 19a-29a. - Environmental laboratories.
Section 19a-31a. - Microbiological and biomedical biosafety laboratories.
Section 19a-32. (Formerly Sec. 19-10). - Department authorized to receive gifts.
Section 19a-32a. - AIDS research education account. Regulations.
Section 19a-32b. - Breast cancer research and education account.
Section 19a-32n. - Information and education re umbilical cord blood collection programs.
Section 19a-32o. - Short title: Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Act.
Section 19a-32p. - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.
Section 19a-32q. - Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board. Membership. Meetings.
Section 19a-32r. - Board to establish and administer umbilical cord blood collection program.
Section 19a-32t. - Umbilical cord blood collection account.
Section 19a-32u. - Copies of independent audits to be submitted to General Assembly.
Section 19a-32v. - Reports to Governor and General Assembly.
Section 19a-33. (Formerly Sec. 19-10a). - Regulation of traffic at department facilities.
Section 19a-36a. - Regulations concerning food operators.
Section 19a-36g. - Food code. Definitions.
Section 19a-36j. - Food inspectors. Certification. Inspections.
Section 19a-36k. - Food-borne illness or outbreak. Investigation.
Section 19a-36l. - Inspection violations. Appeal process.
Section 19a-37h. - Water companies to provide multilingual tier 1 notices.
Section 19a-38. (Formerly Sec. 19-13b). - Water company to add fluoride to water supply.
Section 19a-39. (Formerly Sec. 19-13c). - Protection of wells.
Section 19a-40. (Formerly Sec. 19-14). - Supervision of vital statistics.
Section 19a-41. (Formerly Sec. 19-15). - Compilation of vital records and statistics. Regulations.
Section 19a-42. (Formerly Sec. 19-15a). - Amendment of vital records.
Section 19a-43. (Formerly Sec. 19-15b). - Reproduction of vital records.
Section 19a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-15c). - Matching of birth and death certificates.
Section 19a-45b. - Medical home pilot program.
Section 19a-45c. - Evaluation and report required re medical home pilot program.
Section 19a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-17). - Expert examinations and inspections.
Section 19a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-19). - Care for children with cerebral palsy.
Section 19a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-19a). - Services for persons with cystic fibrosis.
Section 19a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-20a). - Pediatric Cardiac Patient Care Fund.
Section 19a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-21a). - Registration of children with special health care needs.
Section 19a-54a. - Registry of data on infants exposed to AIDS medication.
Section 19a-55a. - Newborn screening account.
Section 19a-55b. - Information on newborn infant safe sleep practices.
Section 19a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-21c). - Program for prevention of erythroblastosis.
Section 19a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-21d). - Loans for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines.
Section 19a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-21e). - Pamphlet concerning hearing impairments in infants.
Section 19a-59. - Program to identify infants who are hard of hearing.
Section 19a-59b. - Maternal and child health protection program.
Section 19a-59e. - Media campaign for the reduction of adolescent pregnancies.
Section 19a-59h. - Maternal mortality review program. Confidentiality of information.
Section 19a-59i. - Maternal mortality review committee.
Section 19a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-22). - Dental services for children.
Section 19a-60a. - Dental services for children of low-income families.
Section 19a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-22b). - Services for children suffering from diabetes.
Section 19a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-22c). - Services for children suffering from cancer.
Section 19a-69. (Formerly Sec. 19-27). - Distribution of biologic products.
Section 19a-70. (Formerly Sec. 19-28). - Priority of distribution in emergency.
Section 19a-71. (Formerly Sec. 19-29). - Observation and treatment of certain typhoid germ carriers.
Section 19a-72a. - State-wide stroke registry.
Section 19a-73a. - Establishment of comprehensive cancer plan for state.
Section 19a-73b. - Funding sources for comprehensive cancer program.
Section 19a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-30). - Cancer.
Section 19a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-30b). - State aid for health career educational programs.
Section 19a-77. - “Child care services” defined. Exclusions. Additional license.
Section 19a-77a. - Child day care services in retail stores.
Section 19a-79. (Formerly Sec. 19-43d). - Regulations. Exemptions. Waivers.
Section 19a-79a. - Pesticide applications at child care facilities.
Section 19a-80g. - Child care center waiting list fees and deposits.
Section 19a-80h. - Enrollment of certain children in preschool programs.
Section 19a-81. (Formerly Sec. 19-43f). - Hearing on denial of license.
Section 19a-83. (Formerly Sec. 19-43h). - Reports of licensees.
Section 19a-85. (Formerly Sec. 19-43j). - Appeal.
Section 19a-86. (Formerly Sec. 19-43k). - Injunction against illegal operation.
Section 19a-86a. - Accepting voluntary surrender of license as resolution of disciplinary action.
Section 19a-86b. - Validity of license during investigation or disciplinary action.
Section 19a-86c. - Failure to provide written notice of proposed closure. Penalty.
Section 19a-87g. - Notification of emergency situations to licensees of day care centers.
Section 19a-88a. - Regulations concerning retired nurses.
Section 19a-88c. - Regulations re retired dentists.
Section 19a-89. (Formerly Sec. 19-46). - Change of office or residence address.
Section 19a-89a. - Database on nursing personnel.
Section 19a-89b. - Fees for pool design guidelines and food compliance guide.
Section 19a-89c. - Auricular acupuncture pilot program.
Section 19a-89d. - Nurse staffing and patient care data.
Section 19a-89e. - Development of prospective nurse staffing plan by hospitals. Report.
Section 19a-90. (Formerly Sec. 19-47). - Blood testing of pregnant women for syphilis and HIV.
Section 19a-92a. - Regulation of persons engaged in tattooing. Penalty.
Section 19a-92g. - Body piercing.
Section 19a-102. (Formerly Sec. 19-59a). - Regulation of sale of turtles.
Section 19a-102a. - Regulation of sale of turtles.
Section 19a-102b. - Importation of turtles.
Section 19a-103. (Formerly Sec. 19-60). - Control of communicable diseases in institutions.
Section 19a-104. (Formerly Sec. 19-61). - Sale of rags to be used as wiping cloths; cleaning.
Section 19a-105. (Formerly Sec. 19-62). - Public toilets.
Section 19a-106. (Formerly Sec. 19-62a). - “Restroom” defined.
Section 19a-106a. - Customer access to employee restrooms in retail establishments.
Section 19a-107. (Formerly Sec. 19-63). - Towels in hotels and public lavatories.
Section 19a-108. (Formerly Sec. 19-64). - Common drinking cups.
Section 19a-110a. - Regional lead poisoning treatment centers.
Section 19a-111a. - Lead poisoning prevention program. Lead state agency.
Section 19a-111c. - Abatement of lead in dwellings. List of encapsulant products. Regulations.
Section 19a-111d. - Regulations.
Section 19a-111e. - Federal funds for lead poisoning prevention programs.
Section 19a-111g. - Pediatric lead testing and risk assessment. Exemption.
Section 19a-111h. - Review of lead poisoning data. Regulations.
Section 19a-111i. - Report re lead poisoning prevention efforts.
Section 19a-111k. - Applicability of OSHA standards to abatement and remediation of lead hazards.
Section 19a-111l. - Guidelines on mold abatement protocols.
Section 19a-112b. - Services to victims of sexual acts.
Section 19a-112c. - Educational materials for sexual assault victims.
Section 19a-112d. - Sexual assault victims account.
Section 19a-112g. - Sexual assault forensic examiners. Responsibilities.
Section 19a-112h. - Financial assistance for victims of sexual assault.
Section 19a-112i. - Community gun violence intervention and prevention program.
Section 19a-113a. - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification of lifeguards.
Section 19a-115. (Formerly Sec. 19-66f). - Regulation of medical test units.
Section 19a-116. (Formerly Sec. 19-66g). - Regulation of facilities which offer abortion services.
Section 19a-121. - HIV and AIDS: Grant program.
Section 19a-121a. - AIDS: Funding to local health departments.
Section 19a-121b. - Regulations.
Section 19a-121c. - HIV and AIDS: Public information program.
Section 19a-121d. - Grants for mass mailing of report on AIDS.
Section 19a-122. - Hospice care for the homeless.
Section 19a-122a. - Hospice care for the homeless. Termination of pilot program.
Section 19a-123. - Nursing pool: Definition.
Section 19a-123b. - Nursing pool: Written agreement with health care institution.
Section 19a-123c. - Regulation of rates charged by nursing pools.
Section 19a-123d. - Aggrievement. Penalties.
Section 19a-124. - Syringe services programs.
Section 19a-124a. - Donation of vans to entities operating needle exchange programs.
Section 19a-125. - Adolescent Health Council.
Section 19a-127l. - Quality of care program. Quality of Care Advisory Committee.
Section 19a-127o. - Patient safety organizations.
Section 19a-127p. - Requirement for hospitals to contract with patient safety organization.
Section 19a-131. - Public health emergency response authority. Definitions.
Section 19a-131a. - Declaration of public health emergency by Governor.
Section 19a-131b. - Orders of quarantine or isolation. Appeal of order. Hearing.
Section 19a-131c. - Enforcement of order of quarantine or isolation.
Section 19a-131d. - Entry into quarantine or isolation premises.
Section 19a-131e. - Orders of vaccination. Appeal of order. Hearing.
Section 19a-131f. - Authorization to administer vaccinations.
Section 19a-131g. - Public Health Preparedness Advisory Committee.
Section 19a-131h. - Registration of deaths.
Section 19a-131i. - Immunity from personal liability.
Section 19a-131k. - Mandatory distribution of potassium iodide.
Section 19a-133. - Declaration of racism as a public health crisis.
Section 19a-133a. - Commission on Racial Equity in Public Health. Membership. Powers and duties.
Section 19a-133d. - Educational materials re pulse oximeters.