{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-613","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-613","heading":"Powers and duties. Data collection.","body":"(a) The Health Systems Planning Unit may employ the most effective and practical means necessary to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, which may include, but need not be limited to:\n(1) Collecting patient-level outpatient data from health care facilities, as defined in section 19a-630, and birth centers, as defined in section 19a-490;\n(2) Establishing a cooperative data collection effort, across public and private sectors, to assure that adequate health care personnel demographics are readily available; and\n(3) Performing the duties and functions as enumerated in subsection (b) of this section.\n(b) The unit shall: (1) Authorize and oversee the collection of data required to carry out the provisions of this chapter; (2) oversee and coordinate health system planning for the state; (3) monitor health care costs; and (4) implement and oversee health care reform as enacted by the General Assembly.\n(c) The Commissioner of Health Strategy, or any person the commissioner designates, may conduct a hearing and render a final decision in any case when a hearing is required or authorized under the provisions of any statute dealing with the Health Systems Planning Unit.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368z*. HEALTH SYSTEMS PLANNING UNIT"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368z.htm#sec_19a-613","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:03Z","sha256":"3523ce693815a8caf8a98bd96c262dc7bba3a7232759e30166b9cf366f753192","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-612d","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-614"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}