Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law Public Act No. 26-68 (the Act), which makes targeted but significant changes to the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) enforcement authority for health care licensure and certification violations by increasing potential fines and creating criminal liability for certain unlicensed operation of health care institutions and unlicensed provision of
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Massachusetts HPC Expands Reporting Requirements and Oversight Authority in New Material Change Regulations
On April 16, 2026, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) approved amendments to its Material Change Notice (MCN) regulations at 958 CMR 7.00 (the Amended Regulations), which went into effect on May 8, 2026. As background, following the 2025 passage of health care legislation that expanded the HPC’s health care market oversight responsibilities, the HPC…
Connecticut Disbands Office of Health Strategy and Reassigns Health Care Oversight and Policymaking Authority Across State Agencies
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Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed Public Act No. 26-68 (“the Act”), which includes the elimination of the Office of Health Strategy (OHS) and reassignment of its statutory authority over the health care delivery system in Connecticut. The Act’s repeal of OHS’s enabling statute and the transfer of its authority to other state agencies are scheduled…
New Connecticut Law Restricts Health Care Providers’ Offering of Third-Party Patient Financing
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont recently signed into law An Act Concerning Credit Cards and Health and Veterinary Care Services (PA 26-6; the Act). The Act restricts how health care providers may offer third-party financing products to patients and limits when health care providers can charge patients’ credit cards. The Act is effective January…
New Connecticut Law Expedites Claim Disputes Between Health Care Providers and Insurers
On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed “An Act Concerning Return of Health Care Provider Payments” (PA 26-56). As of January 1, 2027, PA 26-56 shortens the time period during which commercial health insurers can look to cancel, deny, or recoup certain payments to providers, and creates statutory timeframes in which…
Connecticut Heightens Scrutiny of Private Equity in Healthcare with Law Banning Hospital Sale-Leaseback Agreements and Requiring Private Equity Attestations
On May 27, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 26-22, “An Act Concerning Hospital Sale-Leaseback Agreements and Attestations Concerning Lack of Private Equity Control of the Hospital and Control of or Interference with the Professional Judgment and Clinical Decisions of Certain Health Care Providers” (PA 26-22). PA 26-22 prohibits…
Connecticut Establishes New Process for Hospitals Seeking to Pause or Terminate Service Lines
On May 26, 2026, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed a bill overhauling the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) program which, among other things, eliminates the current CON approval requirement for a hospital to terminate services. A new process for hospitals to provide notice of service suspensions and terminations is part of the State’s budget bill…
Everything Old is New Again: Connecticut Revamps Certificate of Need (CON) Program under Department of Public Health
On May 2, 2026, the Connecticut Legislature approved the overhaul of the state’s Certificate of Need (CON) program as part of its appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, Public Act No. 26-68 (“the Act”).
The Act significantly revises all aspects of the CON program and process, including most notably by eliminating…
Massachusetts HPC Proposes to Update Material Change Reporting Requirements to Align with Newly Expanded Oversight Authority
By Conor Duffy, Ivy Miller & Robinson+Cole's Health Law Group on
On February 5, 2026, the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission (HPC) published proposed amendments to its Material Change regulations at 958 CMR 7.00 (the Proposed Amendments). Among other things, the Proposed Amendments broaden the HPC’s market review authority by subjecting more transactions to the HPC’s Material Change Notice (MCN) process and provide the HPC greater latitude…
Hospitals Face New Attestation and NPI Requirements for Off-Campus Outpatient Locations by January 1, 2028
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, HR 7148 (the Act), just signed into law on February 3, 2026, ended a brief government shutdown and includes multiple provisions with a critical impact on health care organizations. We have previously covered the Act’s renewal and extension through 2027 of COVID-era Medicare telehealth flexibilities and its revisions to…