(a) The executive director of the Office of Health Strategy shall oversee the Health Systems Planning Unit and shall exercise independent decision-making authority over all certificate of need decisions.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health shall retain independent decision-making authority over only the certificate of need applications that are pending before the Office of Health Care Access and have been deemed completed by said office on or before May 14, 2018. Following the issuance by the Deputy Commissioner of Public Health of a final decision on any such certificate of need application, the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy shall exercise independent authority on any further action required on such certificate of need application or the certificate of need issued pursuant to such application.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 2; P.A. 11-242, S. 24; P.A. 18-91, S. 15.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 effective October 6, 2009; P.A. 11-242 substituted “certificate of need decisions” for “certificate of need related matters” re deputy commissioner's independent decision-making authority and deleted provisions re former commissioner of office serving as deputy commissioner, designation of executive assistant by deputy commissioner and report to General Assembly; P.A. 18-91 designated existing provisions re decision-making authority over certificate of need decisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete provision notwithstanding the general statutes, replace reference to Deputy Commissioner of Public Health with reference to executive director of Office of Health Strategy, replace reference to Office of Health Care Access division of Department of Public Health with reference to Health Systems Planning Unit, and made conforming changes, and added Subsec. (b) re Deputy Commissioner of Public Health to retain independent decision-making authority over pending certificate of need applications, effective May 14, 2018.
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