Sec. 10a-252. Definitions.
Sec. 10a-252. Definitions. As used in sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, the
following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
another meaning and intent:
(1) "Corporation" means The University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation as created under section 10a-253;
(2) "Hospital" means the John Dempsey Hospital and the clinical operations of the
schools of medicine and dental medicine of The University of Connecticut;
(3) "Hospital facilities" includes, but is not limited to: (A) All necessary, useful
or appropriate supplies, materials, equipment, machines, devices, vehicles, computers,
computer programs, furnishings, facilities, or systems or any other personal property
suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use by or in the operation of the
hospital or in connection with any joint venture or shared service agreement authorized
pursuant to sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, and (B) from time to time, upon
initial directive of the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut pursuant to
subsection (b) of section 10a-104, such structures suitable for use by the hospital including, but not limited to, laboratories, laundries, nurses', doctors' or interns' residences,
administration buildings, facilities for research directly involved with hospital care,
maintenance, storage or utility facilities and parking lots and garages, including the
acquisition of land or rights in land required for any of such structures. Subject to the
approval set forth in section 10a-257, "hospital facilities" includes all of the foregoing
used by or in the operation of outpatient practices related to the hospital, or in the practices of medical, dental or other health professionals related to the hospital;
(4) "Joint venture" means a cooperative contractual arrangement between the corporation and one or more other parties including, but not limited to, hospitals, physicians,
dentists, medical and dental clinics, health maintenance organizations, insurance companies, venture capital firms, banks and governmental agencies. The subject matter of
such contractual arrangement shall include, but not be limited to, primary care clinics,
imaging-diagnostic centers, reference libraries and medical office buildings, provided
the corporation shall not enter into a joint venture the activity of which is being furnished
or operated by the hospital on July 1, 1987, and the result of which would reduce or
eliminate the number of state employees required at the hospital for such activity;
(5) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability
company or corporation, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of the
state or any other state, including federal corporations;
(6) "Project costs" means the total of the reasonable or necessary costs incurred for
hospital facilities including, but not limited to, the following: Studies and surveys; plans,
specifications, architectural and engineering services; legal organization, marketing or
other special services; equipment design; electrical and air conditioning requirements;
acquisition, demolition, construction, equipping and site development of new and rehabilitated buildings; rehabilitation, reconstruction, repair or remodeling of existing buildings; and financing costs, interest and carrying charges during construction;
(7) "Shared service agreement" means a contractual arrangement between the corporation and one or more other parties including, but not limited to, hospitals, physicians,
dentists, medical and dental clinics, health maintenance organizations and insurance
companies, in which the contracting parties allocate among themselves the proportionate
benefit to be received by each such party of a service or facility being provided and the
proportionate obligations assumed by each such party for its share of such a service or
facility. The subject matter of such a service or facility shall include, but not be limited
to, imaging-diagnostic centers, primary care clinics and medical office buildings, provided that the corporation shall not enter into a shared service agreement the activity of
which is being furnished or operated by the hospital on July 1, 1987, and the result of
which would reduce or eliminate the number of state employees required at the hospital
for such activity;
(8) "State" means the state of Connecticut.
(P.A. 87-458, S. 3, 18; P.A. 92-154, S. 20, 23; P.A. 93-201, S. 22, 24; P.A. 95-79, S. 21, 189; P.A. 03-278, S. 118.)
History: P.A. 92-154 redefined "corporation" to reflect the changed name of the finance corporation from John Dempsey
Hospital to University of Connecticut Health Center and redefined "hospital" to include Uncas-on-Thames Hospital; P.A.
93-201 amended Subdiv. (2) defining "hospital" to specify clinical operations of the schools of medicine and dental
medicine, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person" to include a limited liability company, effective May 31,
1995; P.A. 03-278 deleted reference to the Uncas-on-Thames Hospital in Subdiv. (2), effective July 9, 2003.