(a) This chapter shall not apply to any corporation, including a corporation described in § 33-182ff, organized for the purposes of practicing medicine and providing health care services to the public under any other law authorizing the provision of such services by a corporation that was valid at the time of such corporation’s organization. Any such corporation may bring itself within the provisions of this chapter by amending its certificate of incorporation in such manner as to be consistent with the requirements of this chapter and by affirmatively stating in the amended certificate of incorporation that the members have elected to bring the corporation within the provisions of this chapter. To the extent that such corporation has a current provider agreement with the Department of Social Services, the provider agreement shall remain in effect regardless of any amendment to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 33-182cc

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Certificate of incorporation: means a certificate of incorporation, as defined in §. See Connecticut General Statutes 33-182aa
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Provider: means a physician licensed under chapter 370, a chiropractor licensed under chapter 372, an optometrist licensed under chapter 380 or a podiatrist licensed under chapter 375. See Connecticut General Statutes 33-182aa

(b) A medical group clinic corporation formed under chapter 594 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1995, and in existence on September 30, 1995, and continuing to operate as such a corporation from September 30, 1995, until July 1, 2009, shall continue to be duly organized if such corporation elects not later than July 1, 2010, to bring itself within the provisions of this chapter in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section.