Sec. 4-101a. Office of Policy and Management. Grants, technical assistance or consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals.
Sec. 4-101a. Office of Policy and Management. Grants, technical assistance
or consultation services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals. (a) The
Office of Policy and Management, may provide grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, to one or more nongovernmental acute care
general hospitals as permitted by this section. Such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall be consistent with applicable federal disproportionate share regulations, as from time to time amended.
(b) Grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination
thereof, provided under this section may be made to assist a nongovernmental acute
care general hospital to develop and implement a plan to achieve financial stability and
assure the delivery of appropriate health care services in the service area of such hospital,
or to assist a nongovernmental acute care general hospital in determining strategies,
goals and plans to ensure its financial viability or stability. Any such hospital seeking
such grants, technical assistance or consultation services shall prepare and submit to
the Office of Policy and Management and the Office of Health Care Access a plan that
includes at least the following: (1) A statement of the hospital's current projections of
its finances for the current and the next three fiscal years; (2) identification of the major
financial issues which effect the financial stability of the hospital; (3) the steps proposed
to study or improve the financial status of the hospital and eliminate ongoing operating
losses; (4) plans to study or change the mix of services provided by the hospital, which
may include transition to an alternative licensure category; and (5) other related elements
as determined by the Office of Policy and Management. Such plan shall clearly identify
the amount, value or type of the grant, technical assistance or consultation services, or
combination thereof, requested. Any grants, technical assistance or consultation services, or any combination thereof, provided under this section shall be determined by
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management not to jeopardize the federal
matching payments under the medical assistance program and the emergency assistance
to families program as determined by the Office of Health Care Access or the Department
of Social Services in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management.
(c) There is established a nonlapsing account, from which grants, purchases of services of any type or reimbursement of state costs for services deemed necessary by the
Office of Policy and Management to assist one or more nongovernmental acute care
general hospitals under this section shall be made.
(d) The submission of a proposed plan by the hospital under subsection (b) of this
section may be considered a letter of intent for the purposes of any certificate of need
which may be required to change the hospital's service offering.
(e) Upon review and approval of the probable significant benefit of a hospital's
submitted plan, the Office of Policy and Management may recommend that a grant be
awarded and issue such grant, or contract with one or more consultants to provide technical or other assistance or consultation services, or may provide any combination of such
grant and assistance that the office deems necessary or advisable.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 40, 72; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 28, 53.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 effective July 1, 1999; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 transferred administration of the
program to the Office of Policy and Management, limited the program to grants, technical assistance and consultation
services to nongovernmental acute care general hospitals and made conforming and technical changes, effective July
1, 2000.