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Trinity Health asks Department of Public Health to approve Hartford branch move
Summary
Trinity Health of New England presented an administrative hearing to the Connecticut Department of Public Health seeking approval to relocate a certified ambulance branch in Hartford (DACA 25-006). Witness testimony and exhibits were entered; the hearing officer said a written decision will follow.
Trinity Health of New England asked the Connecticut Department of Public Health on April 25, 2025, to approve moving a certified ambulance branch in Hartford under DACA number 25-006, during a brief administrative hearing where the applicant’s prefiled testimony was admitted into the record.
The hearing officer, Hearing Officer Hanstead of the Department of Public Health, entered four exhibits into the record, including the application (deemed complete 03/21/2025), the notice of hearing (03/27/2025), an affidavit dated 03/31/2025, and a recommendation from the North Central EMS Council dated 04/25/2025. A Trinity witness, Mr. Kashuk, adopted his prefiled testimony as Exhibit A and testified under oath.
The key issue discussed was whether the move would affect primary service area (PSA) coverage in Hartford. Mr. Kashuk said the city’s PSA at the basic life support (BLS) level is split between Aetna Ambulance and AMR; the same split applies at the advanced life support (ALS) level. He said Trinity’s current branch location at Saint Francis is inside AMR’s PSA and the proposed new location would be inside Aetna’s PSA, describing the shift as moving from Hartford’s North End to the South End.
Attorney Nolan, counsel for Trinity Health of New England, told the hearing the short-form application normally used to change a branch address was not available because of the presence of multiple PSA holders. Nolan said the move was prompted by a change in circumstances related to the branch location approved in 2023 and emphasized the applicant was “not looking to make any, you know, impact on the services, just simply trying to change location given the change in circumstances regarding the existing branch location that was approved in 2023.”
Mr. Kashuk said Trinity had multiple conversations with Aetna and that Aetna had visited the proposed site and had “verbally offered their support, with no concerns.” He said Trinity had not had a personal conversation with AMR about the proposed move and that AMR was not present at the hearing.
The hearing record does not include a final ruling. Hearing Officer Hanstead said a written decision would be issued as soon as possible.
The hearing was procedural and short: exhibits were entered, the witness adopted prefiled testimony, clarifying questions were asked about PSA holders and the proposed location, and no vote or other formal action was taken at the hearing itself.
