(a) As used in this section, § 19a-632 and § 19a-632a, “hospital” means each hospital subject to the provisions of this chapter and licensed as a short-term acute-care general hospital or a children’s hospital or both by the Department of Public Health.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-631

  • Executive director: means the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Office: means the Office of Health Strategy. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630
  • Unit: means the Health Systems Planning Unit. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-630

(b) Each hospital shall annually pay to the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy, for deposit in the General Fund, an amount equal to its share of the actual expenditures made by the unit during each fiscal year including the cost of fringe benefits for unit personnel as estimated by the Comptroller, the amount of expenses for central state services attributable to the unit for the fiscal year as estimated by the Comptroller, plus the expenditures made on behalf of the unit from the Capital Equipment Purchase Fund pursuant to § 4a-9 for such year. Payments shall be made by assessment of all hospitals of the costs calculated and collected in accordance with the provisions of this section and § 19a-632. If for any reason a hospital ceases operation, any unpaid assessment for the operations of the unit shall be reapportioned among the remaining hospitals to be paid in addition to any other assessment.