Sec. 19a-639e. Submission of late or incomplete data.

      Sec. 19a-639e. Submission of late or incomplete data. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 19a-486 to 19a-486h, inclusive, section 19a-638, 19a-639 or any other provision of this chapter, the Office of Health Care Access may refuse to accept as filed or submitted a letter of intent or a certificate of need application from any person or health care facility or institution that failed to submit any required data or information, or has filed any required data or information that is incomplete or not filed in a timely fashion. Prior to any refusal and accompanying moratorium under the provisions of this section, the Commissioner of Health Care Access shall notify the person or health care facility or institution, in writing, and such notice shall identify the data or information that was not received and the data or information that is incomplete in any respect. Such person or health care facility or institution shall have twenty-one days from the date of mailing the notice to provide the commissioner with the required data or information. Such refusal and related moratorium on accepting a letter of intent or a certificate of need application may remain in effect, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Health Care Access, until the office determines that all required data or information has been submitted. The commissioner shall have twenty-one days to notify the person or health care facility or institution submitting the data and information whether or not the letter of intent or certificate of need application is refused. Nothing in this section shall preclude or limit the office from taking any other action authorized by law concerning late, incomplete or inaccurate data submission in addition to such a refusal and accompanying moratorium.

      (P.A. 02-6, S. 1; P.A. 03-278, S. 75; P.A. 05-151, S. 6; P.A. 08-14, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 02-6 effective April 17, 2002; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 05-151 extended applicability of data submission requirements to non-profit hospitals seeking to convert to for-profit status, extended the deadline for submitting data from 10 business days after receiving a notice of defect from office to 15 business days from the date the notice was mailed by office and clarified that provisions apply to health care facilities or institutions; P.A. 08-14 substituted 21 days for 15 business days and added "or information" re submission determination by office, effective July 1, 2008.