{"id":"CT-064","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Health Strategy, Health Systems Planning Unit","authority":"Executive Order No. 7B (CON waiver authority); Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368z","instrument":"OHS_HSP Guidance 20-003b (Revised)","title":"Revised Guidance Regarding the Temporary Waiver of CON Requirements for Approval of Increased Licensed Bed Capacity and the Temporary Suspension of Services at Connecticut Hospitals and Outpatient Surgical Facilities during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"2020-03-25 (original guidance 20-003); revised Mar. 31, 2020 to include outpatient surgical facilities","end":"During the pendency of the public health emergency","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["Connecticut hospitals","outpatient surgical facilities"],"clause":"Connecticut hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities are no longer required to submit a COVID-19 Waiver Form to request a temporary increase in licensed bed capacity or to temporarily suspend (as opposed to terminate) services in order to diagnose and treat COVID-19 patients. Any hospital or outpatient surgical facility seeking a temporary waiver of the CON requirements shall: 1. Complete a COVID-19 Notification for a Temporary Increase in Licensed Bed Capacity or Temporary Suspension of Services","enforcement":"CON regulatory framework (chapter 368z)","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures (suspension of services by notification)","IP surge capacity","OC outpatient surgical facilities"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own regulator built a waiver track for suspending hospital and outpatient surgical services; no separate statewide elective-procedure prohibition order was retrieved.","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/coronavirus/20200331-ohs-covid19-revised-con-guidance.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":188227,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CT","url":"/library/CT-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CT-064","citation":"Office of Health Strategy, Health Systems Planning Unit, OHS_HSP Guidance 20-003b (Revised) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. CT-064)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":[]}