Connecticut HB 5510: AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING UNLICENSED INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES.

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General Assembly  
Substitute Bill No. 5510  
February Session, 2026 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S 
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING UNLICENSED INSTITUTIONS 
AND PRACTICES.  
Be  it enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 19a-502 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 2 
(a) Any person establishing, conducting, managing or operating any 3 
institution without the license required under the provisions of [sections 4 
19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, or owning real property or improvements 5 
upon  or  within  which  such  an  institution  is  established,  conducted, 6 
managed  or  operated,] this  chapter  or without  the  certificate  required 7 
under  the  provisions  of  section [19a-491,  shall  be  fined  not  more  than 8 
one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense,  and  each  day  of  a  continuing 9 
violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense] 19a-561 10 
shall be guilty of a class C misdemeanor and fined not more than two 11 
thousand  dollars  for  each  day  of  continuing  action  in  violation  of  this 12 
chapter or section 19a-561. 13 
(b)  Any  person  owning  real  property  or  improvements  upon  or 14 
within  which  an  institution  is  established,  conducted,  managed  or 15 
operated without the license required under this chapter or without the 16 
certificate required under section 19a-561 shall be fined not more than 17 

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one  hundred  dollars  for  each  offense  and  each  day  of  a  continuing 18 
violation after conviction shall be considered a separate offense. 19 
(c) The penalty provisions of this [subsection] section shall not apply 20 
to (1) any financial institution regulated by any state or federal agency 21 
or  body,  which  financial  institution  has  succeeded  to  the  title  of  the 22 
premises by mortgage foreclosure and the operator, if any, continues to 23 
occupy such property, or (2) a person's failure to apply for a renewal of 24 
a license. 25 
[(b)] (d) If  any  person  conducting,  managing  or  operating  any 26 
nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or residential care 27 
home, as defined in section 19a-521, fails to maintain or make available 28 
the financial information, data or records required under subsection (d) 29 
of  section  19a-498,  such  person's  license  as  a  nursing  home  facility  or 30 
residential  care  home  administrator  may  be  revoked  or  suspended  in 31 
accordance  with  section  19a-517  or  the  license  of  such  nursing  home 32 
facility  or  residential  care  home  may  be  revoked  or  suspended  in  the 33 
manner provided in section 19a-494, or both. 34 
Sec.  2.  Section  19a-503  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 35 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 36 
(a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the 37 
Department of Public Health may, in the manner provided by law and 38 
upon the advice of the Attorney General, conduct an investigation and 39 
maintain  an  action  in  the  name  of  the  state  for  injunction  or  other 40 
process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent 41 
the establishment, conduct, management or operation of an institution 42 
or nursing facility management services, without a license or certificate 43 
under this chapter. 44 
(b)  The  commissioner  may,  after  a  hearing  held  in  accordance  with 45 
chapter   54,   impose   a   civil   penalty on   any   person   establishing, 46 
conducting, managing or operating any institution without the license 47 
required  under  this  chapter  or  without  the  certificate  required  under 48 
section 19a-561. The amount of any such civil penalty shall not exceed 49 

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five thousand  dollars  for  each  day  such  person  is  in  violation  of  this 50 
chapter or section 19a-561. 51 
Sec.  3.  Section  19a-11  of  the  general  statutes  is  repealed  and  the 52 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026): 53 
Any board or commission listed in subsection (b) of section 19a-14 or 54 
the Department of Public Health, with respect to professions under its 55 
jurisdiction  that  have  no  board  or  commission, may,  in  its  discretion, 56 
issue [an  appropriate] a summary order  to  any  person  found  to  be 57 
violating   an   applicable   statute   or   regulation,   providing   for   the 58 
immediate discontinuance of the violation that poses an imminent risk 59 
to  public  health,  safety  or  welfare,  pending  proceedings  to  determine 60 
whether to issue a cease and desist order. Such board or commission or 61 
the  department,  with  respect  to  professions  under