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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 365 of 739

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Affiliate" means a person, entity or organization controlling, controlled by or under common control with another person, entity or organization. Affiliate does not include a medical foundation organized under chapter 594b. (2) "Applicant" means any person or health care facility that applies for a certificate of need pursuant to section 19a-639a. (3) "Bed capacity" means the total number of inpatient beds in a facility licensed by the Department of Public Health under sections 19a- 490 to 19a-503, inclusive. (4) "Capital expenditure" means an expenditure that under generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied is not properly chargeable as an expense of operation or maintenance and includes acquisition by purchase, transfer, lease or comparable arrangement, or through donation, if the expenditure would have been considered a capital expenditure had the acquisition been by purchase. (5) "Certificate of need" means a certificate issued by the unit. (6) "Days" means calendar days. (7) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Office of Health Strategy. (8) "Free clinic" means a private, nonprofit community-based organization that provides medical, dental, pharmaceutical or mental health services at reduced cost or no cost to low-income, uninsured and underinsured individuals. (9) "Large group practice" means eight or more full-time equivalent physicians, legally organized in a partnership, professional corporation, limited liability company formed to render professional services,