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Committee moves felony penalty for operating unlicensed health facilities to the floor, with wording questions
Summary
House Bill 5510 would create a Class D felony and allow daily fines for operating a health care facility without a license and allow DPH to issue summary orders when public safety is threatened; committee members asked whether the measure distinguishes bad‑faith operators from inadvertent renewals and noted the Connecticut Hospital Association opposes broad felony language.
A bill that would make it a Class D felony to open, manage or operate a health care facility without a required license was advanced by the committee, but lawmakers pressed for clarifications on reach and intent.
Chair described House Bill 5510 as targeting facilities that seek to operate without required licensure and said the committee’s substitute (S) language removed a 30‑day renewal exemption in some…
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