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House Bill No. 5506

Public Act No. 22-118 367 of 739

(12) "Office" means the Office of Health Strategy. (13) "Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, governmental subdivision, agency or public or private organization of any character, but does not include the agency conducting the proceeding. (14) "Physician" has the same meaning as provided in section 20-13a. (15) "Termination of services" means the cessation of any services for a period greater than one hundred eighty days. [(15)] (16) "Transfer of ownership" means a transfer that impacts or changes the governance or controlling body of a health care facility, institution or large group practice, including, but not limited to, all affiliations, mergers or any sale or transfer of net assets of a health care facility. [(16)] (17) "Unit" means the Health Systems Planning Unit. Sec. 227. Section 4-5 of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes, as amended by section 6 of public act 17-237, section 279 of public act 17-2 of the June special session, section 20 of public act 18-182, section 283 of public act 19-117 and section 254 of public act 21-2 of the June special session, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): As used in sections 4-6, 4-7 and 4-8, the term "department head" means Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, Commissioner of Administrative Services, Commissioner of Revenue Services, Banking Commissioner, Commissioner of Children and Families, Commissioner of Consumer Protection, Commissioner of Correction, Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, State Board of Education, Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection,