Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-526

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 19a-526 - (Formerly Sec. 19-609). Effect of final order. Payment of civil penalties

(a) When, in the case of a class A or B violation, a final order becomes effective, the citation, the order, if any, affirming or modifying the citation and the finding may be filed by the Commissioner of Public Health in the office of the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. Said clerk shall cause said citation, order, if any, and finding to be filed in said court. Upon such filing, the civil penalty imposed may be enforced in the same manner as a judgment of the Superior Court, provided if an appeal is taken in accordance with section 19a-529, the court or a judge thereof may, in its or his discretion, stay execution of such order.

(b) Civil penalties imposed pursuant to this section shall be paid not later than fifteen days after the final date by which an appeal may be taken as provided in section 19a-529 or, if an appeal is taken, not later than fifteen days after the final judgment on such appeal. In the event such fines are not paid, the Commissioner of Public Health shall notify the Commissioner of Social Services who is authorized to immediately withhold from the nursing home's or residential care home's next medical assistance payment, an amount equal to the amount of the civil penalty.

(P.A. 76-331, S. 5, 16; P.A. 77-452, S. 57, 72; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 32, 121, 127; P.A. 82-375, S. 3, 4; P.A. 87-166, S. 2; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-262, S. 1, 87; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-220, S. 4 -6; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 13-208, S. 37; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 233.)

Amended by P.A. 17-0002, S. 233 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2017 Special Session, eff. 10/31/2017.

Cited. 13 Conn.App. 641.