Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 698a - Health Care and Related Service Groups
Section 38a-185. (Formerly Sec. 33-179m). - Appeal from commissioner. Resolution of dispute between community member and corporation.

From any order or decision of the commissioner relating to any health care center governed by sections 38a-175 to 38a-194, inclusive, an appeal may be taken by any person or organization aggrieved thereby in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183, except venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain. Any dispute which arises between a member of the community including subscribers eligible to receive health care from the health care center and each such center shall be referred, at the request of either party to such dispute, to the commissioner, who shall have the power to hear and decide the same, subject to appeal as herein provided.

(1971, P.A. 445, S. 13; 1972, P.A. 108, S. 7; P.A. 76-436, S. 626, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 23, 125; 77-614, S. 163, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 80-482, S. 230, 348; P.A. 82-415, S. 9, 18; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-68, S. 9, 16; 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 99-215, S. 24, 29; P.A. 17-198, S. 24.)
History: 1972 act replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1972, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 77-603 replaced previous appeal provisions with requirement that appeals be made in accordance with Sec. 4-183 but retained venue in Hartford county; P.A. 77-614 made insurance department a division within the department of business regulation with commissioner as its head, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 80-482 restored insurance division as independent department with commissioner as its head and abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 82-415 substituted references to health care centers for references to corporations; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-68 made technical changes; P.A. 90-98 changed effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; Sec. 33-179m transferred to Sec. 38a-185 in 1991; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 99-215 replaced “judicial district of Hartford” with “judicial district of New Britain”, effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 17-198 replaced reference to Sec. 38a-192 with reference to Sec. 38a-194, effective July 1, 2017.

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