Draft Special Legislation Re Replacement Hospital Only (00024465-8)

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5027February Session, 2010 LCO No. 99

Referred to Committee on Higher Education and Employment

Advancement

Introduced by:

(HED)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE UNIVERSITYOF CONNECTICUT HEALTH NETWORK AND CONNECTICUTBIOSCIENCE INITIATIVE

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in GeneralAssembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) It is hereby found and1determined that there is a need to advance health care, education and2economic development in the state by funding a series of initiatives3that will encourage collaboration, innovation, job creation and new4investment by hospitals and other key stakeholders in Connecticuts5health and bioscience industries. These initiatives include the6construction of a new bed tower at John Dempsey Hospital and7renovation to other academic, clinical and research space at the8University of Connecticut Health Center to sustain and strengthen9

these vital state resources and enhance the academic, clinical and10 research missions of the schools of medicine and dental medicine;11Connecticut Childrens Medical Center assuming operational control12and expanding its licensed bed capacity to include the neonatal13intensive care unit located at John Dempsey Hospital so that the unit14may be integrated into a regional childrens health system and15


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additional bed capacity is created for John Dempsey Hospital to treat16adult patients; and providing funding to support the development of a17comprehensive cancer center to expand clinical trials and advance18

patient care at multiple sites in the Hartford region; a state-of-the-art19simulation and conference center to be located on the Hartford20Hospital campus that will be used to educate and train area health care21professionals utilizing new technologies and simulated care settings; a22primary care institute located on the campus of St. Francis Hospital23and Medical Center that will seek to increase the number of primary24care providers in Connecticut while developing new models in chronic25disease management and primary care delivery and education; a26University of Connecticut-sponsored health disparities institute to27enhance research and care delivery for Connecticuts minority and28

medically underserved populations; and an institute for clinical and29 translational science to be located on the University of Connecticut30Health Center campus by which partnering hospitals and other31organizations can attract more grant funding, research and clinical32trials to the state. It is also found and declared that there is a need to33foster growth in the bioscience sector of the state economy and expand34enterprise zones for such businesses in the City of Hartford and other35eligible municipalities. The foregoing initiatives, all to the public36benefit and good, and the exercise of the powers, to the extent and37manner provided in this act, are declared to be for a public purpose38and to be the exercise of an essential government function.39

Section 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in sections 1 to40

16, inclusive, of this act, the following words and terms shall have the41

following meanings unless the context indicates another or different42

meaning or intent:43

University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and44

renovation means the planning, design, development, financing,45

construction, renovation, furnishing, equipping, and completion of46

clinical, academic and research space within John Dempsey Hospital47

and the University of Connecticut Health Center, including but not48

limited to construction of a new 170-180 bed tower for John Dempsey49

Hospital that will increase its total licensed bed capacity from the50


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current 224 to a number not to exceed 234, including newborn51

bassinettes.52

NICU transfer means the transfer of forty (40) neonatal intensive53care unit beds at John Dempsey Hospital to the licensure and control54

of Connecticut Childrens Medical Center without any decrease in55

John Dempsey Hospitals licensed bed capacity and the increase in56

Connecticut Childrens Medical Centers total licensed bed capacity to57

a number not to exceed ___, including newborn bassinettes.58

Secretary means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and59

Management.60

UConn health network initiatives means the initiatives to develop a61

simulation and conference center on the Hartford Hospital campus, a62

primary care institute on the St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center63

campus, an institute for clinical and translational science on the64

University of Connecticut Health Center campus, a comprehensive65

cancer center, and the University of Connecticut-sponsored health66

disparities institute described in section 1 of this act.67

UConn 2000 means the University of Connecticut 2000 Act found at68chapter 185b, sections 10a-109a to 10a-109ff of the general statutes, as69

amended from time to time.70

University means the University of Connecticut, a constituent unit of71

the state system of public higher education, including The University72

of Connecticut Health Center.73

Section 3. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109e of the general statutes is74

repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective upon75passage):76

(a) The university may administer, manage, schedule, finance,77

further design and construct UConn 2000, to operate and maintain the78

components thereof in a prudent and economical manner and to79


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reserve for and make renewals and replacements thereof when80

appropriate, it being hereby determined and found to be in the best81

interest of the state and the university to provide this independent82

authority to the university along with providing assured revenues83

therefor as the efficient and cost-effective course to achieve the84

objective of avoiding further decline in the physical infrastructure of85

the university and to renew, modernize, enhance and maintain such86

infrastructure, the particular project or projects, each being hereby87

approved as a project of UConn 2000, and the presently estimated cost88

thereof being as follows:89

UConn 2000 Project Phase IFiscal Years1996-1999

Phase IIFiscal Years2000-2005

Phase IIIFiscal Years2005-2018[6]

Agricultural Biotechnology

Facility 9,400,000

Agricultural Biotechnology

Facility Completion 10,000,000

Alumni Quadrant

Renovations 14,338,000

Arjona and Monteith

(new classroom buildings) 66,100,000

Avery Point Campus

Undergraduate and


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Library Building 35,000,000

Avery Point MarineScience Research Center -

Phase I 34,000,000

Avery Point Marine

Science Research Center -

Phase II 16, 682,000

Avery Point Renovation 5,600,000

Babbidge Library 0

Balancing Contingency 5,506,834

Beach Hall Renovations 10,000,000

Benton State Art Museum

Addition 1,400,000 3,000,000

Biobehavioral Complex

Replacement 4,000,000

Bishop Renovation 8,000,000

Budds Building


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Renovation 2,805,000

Business SchoolRenovation 4,803,000

Chemistry Building 53,700,000

Commissary Warehouse 1,000,000

Deferred Maintenance/Code/ADA Renovation

Lump Sum 39,332,000 215,000,000

Deferred Maintenance &

Renovation Lump Sum

Balance 104,668,000

East Campus North


Engineering Building

(with Environmental

Research Institute) 36,700,000

Equine Center 1,000,000

Equipment, Library


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Collections &

Telecommunications 60,500,000 200,000,000

Equipment, Library

Collections &

Telecommunications

Completion 182,118,146

Family Studies (DRM)


Farm Buildings Repairs/

Replacement 6,000,000

Fine Arts Phase II 20,000,000

Floriculture Greenhouse 3,000,000

Gant Building Renovations

34,000,000

Gant Plaza Deck 0

Gentry Completion 10,000,000

Gentry Renovation 9,299,000


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Grad Dorm Renovations 7,548,000

Gulley Hall Renovation 1,416,000

Hartford Relocation

Acquisition/Renovation 56,762,020

Hartford Relocation Design 1,500,000

Hartford Relocation

Feasibility Study 500,000

Heating Plant Upgrade 10,000,000

Hilltop Dormitory New 30,000,000

Hilltop DormitoryRenovations 3,141,000

Ice Rink Enclosure 2,616,000

Incubator Facilities 10,000,000

International HouseConversion 800,000

Intramural, Recreational


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and Intercollegiate Facilities 31,000,000

Jorgensen Renovation

Koons Hall Renovation/

Addition 7,000,000

Lakeside Renovation 3,800,000

Law School Renovations/Improvements 15,000,000

Library Storage Facility 5,000,000

Litchfield Agricultural

Center- Phase I 1,000,000

Litchfield Agricultural

Center-Phase II 700,000

Manchester Hall


Mansfield Apartments


Mansfield Training School


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Improvements 27,614,000 29,000,000

Natural History MuseumCompletion 4,900,000

North Campus Renovation 2,654,000

North Campus Renovation


North Hillside Road


North Superblock Site

and Utilities 8,000,000

Northwest Quadrant


Northwest Quadrant


Observatory 1,000,000

Old Central Warehouse 18,000,000

Parking Garage #3 15,000,000


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Parking Garage North 10,000,000

Parking Garage South 15,000,000

Pedestrian Spinepath 2,556,000

Pedestrian Walkways 3,233,000

Psychology BuildingRenovation/Addition 20,000,000

Residential Life Facilities 90,000,000

Roadways 10,000,000

School of Business 20,000,000

School of Pharmacy/Biology 3,856,000

School of Pharmacy/Biology


Shippee/Buckley


Social Science K Building 20,964,000


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South Campus Complex 13,127,000

Stamford Campus

Improvements 3,000,000

Stamford Downtown

Relocation-Phase I 45,659,000

Stamford DowntownRelocation-Phase II 17,392,000

Storrs Hall Addition 4,300,000

Student Health Services 12,000,000

Student Union Addition 23,000,000

Support Facility

(Architectural and

Engineering Services) 2,000,000

Technology Quadrant-

Phase 1A 38,000,000


Phase IB 16,611,000


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Phase II 72,000,000


Phase III 15,000,000

Torrey Life Science


Torrey Renovation

Completion and Biology

Expansion 42,000,000

Torrington Campus


Towers Renovation 17,794,000

UConn Products Store 1,000,000

Undergraduate Education

Center 650,000

Undergraduate Education

Center 7,450,000


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Underground Steam &

Water Upgrade 3,500,000

Underground Steam &

Water Upgrade


University Programs

Building Phase I 8,750,000

University Programs

Building Phase II

Visitors Center 300,000

Waring Building Conversion 7,888,000

Waterbury Downtown

Campus 3,000,000

Waterbury Property

Purchase 325,000

West Campus Renovations 14,897,000

West Hartford Campus

Renovations/



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White Building Renovation 2,430,000

Wilbur Cross Building


Young Building Renovation

/Addition 17,000,000

HEALTH CENTER

CLAC Renovation

Biosafety Level 3 Lab 14,000,000

Deferred Maintenance/

Code/ADA Renovation

Sum Health Center 50,000,000

Dental School Renovation 5,000,000

Equipment, Library

Collections and

Telecommunications -

Health Center 75,000,000


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University of ConnecticutHealth Center New

Construction andRenovation (New)

307,000,000*

Planning & Design Costs 25,000,000

Library/Student Computer

Center Renovation 5,000,000

Main Building Renovation [7]50,000,000

Medical School Academic

Building Renovation 9,000,000

Parking Garage Health

Center 8,400,000

Research Tower 60,000,000

Support Building Addition/


Total Storrs and RegionalCampus Project List 1,043,000,000


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Total Health Center

Project List [305]612,400,000*

TOTAL 382,000,000 868,000,000 [1,348]1,655,400,000*

*See Section 4 of this Public Act for source of $307,000,000 of funding for this project otherthan UConn 2000.

Section 4. (NEW) (Effective upon passage) For the purposes of section90

3 with respect to the University of Connecticut Health Center new91construction and renovation project there shall be contributed federal,92

private or other moneys now available or hereafter to be made93

available in the amount of not less than one hundred million94

($100,000,000) on or before June 30, 2018 for costs in connection with95

such project, and, upon such receipt, there shall be contributed the96

proceeds of state general obligation bonds and temporary notes issued97

in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of bonds not to exceed98

$227,000,000. Such federal, state, private or other moneys now99

available or hereafter to be made available for costs in connection with100

the University of Connecticut Health Center new construction and101

renovation project shall be deposited in such account or accounts of102

the university as the Secretary and State Treasurer, in consultation103

with the university, deem appropriate so as to assure timely payment104

of the cost of such project.105

Section 5. (Effective from passage) Subsection (a)(1) of section 10a-106

109g of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted107in lieu thereof:108

(a)(1) The university is authorized to provide by109resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance and110sale of securities, in its own name on behalf of the state,111


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pursuant to section 10a-109f. The board of trustees of the112university is hereby authorized by such resolution to delegate to113its finance committee such matters as it may determine114

appropriate other than the authorization and maximum amount115of the securities to be issued, the nature of the obligation of the116securities as established pursuant to subsection (c) of this117section and the projects for which the proceeds are to be used.118The finance committee may act on such matters unless and until119the board of trustees elects to reassume the same. The amount120of securities the special debt service requirements which are121secured by the state debt service commitment that the board of122trustees is authorized to provide for the issuance and sale in123accordance with this subsection shall be capped in each fiscal124

year in the following amounts provided, to the extent the board125 of trustees does not provide for the issuance of all or a portion126of such amount in a fiscal year, all or such portion, as the case127may be, may be carried forward to any succeeding fiscal year128and provided further, the actual amount for funding, paying or129providing for the items described in subparagraph (C) of130subdivision (10) of subsection (a) of section 10a-109d may be131added to the capped amount in each fiscal year:132

Fiscal Year Amount

1996 $112,542,000

1997 112,001,000

1998 93,146,000

1999 64,311,000

2000 130,000,000

2001 100,000,000

2002 100,00,000

2003 100,000,000

2004 100,000,000


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2005 100,000,000

2006 79,000,000

2007 89,000,000

2008 115,000,000

2009 140,000,000

2010 [140,500,000] 105,000,000

2011 [146,500,000] 139,500,000

2012 [123,100,000] 156,500,000

2013 [114,500,000] 143,000,000

2014 [111,500,000] 140,000,000

2015 [100,000,000] 128,500,000

2016 [90,900,000] 119,500,000

2017 116,000,000

2018 116,000,000

Section 6. (Effective from passage) The State Bond Commission shall133

have power, in accordance with the provisions of sections 6 and 7,134

inclusive, of this act, from time to time to authorize the issuance of135

bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the136

aggregate, not exceeding $227,000,000.137

Section 7. (Effective from passage) The proceeds of the sale of the138

bond issuance described in sections 6 and 7, inclusive, of this act, to the139

extent hereinafter stated, shall be used for the purpose of undertaking,140

constructing, reconstructing, improving or equipping, or purchasing141


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land or buildings or improving sites by the university under UConn142

2000 for the project hereinafter described in subsection (a), including143

payment of architectural, engineering, demolition or related costs in144

connection therewith or, with respect to subsection (b), for the purpose145

of state grants:146

(a) For the university: the University of Connecticut Health Center147

new construction and renovation, not exceeding $207,000,000.148

(b) For the Office of Policy and Management, with the approval of149

the university: the UConn health network initiatives, not exceeding150

$20,000,000.151

Section 8. (Effective from passage) All provisions of section 3-20 of the152

general statutes or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby153

which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby154

adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond155

Commission pursuant to sections 6 and 7, inclusive, of this act, and156

temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to be derived157

from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in158

accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed.159

Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty160

years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to161

the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing162

such bonds.163

Section 9. (Effective from passage) None of the bonds described in164

sections 6 and 7, inclusive, of this act shall be authorized except upon a165

finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it166

a request for such authorization, which is signed by the Secretary or by167

or, on behalf of, the university and stating that $100,000,000 of federal,168

private or other monies is available with respect to the University of169

Connecticut Health Center new construction and renovation project,170

and such other terms and conditions as said commission, in its171

discretion, may require.172


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Section 10. (Effective from passage) Any balance of proceeds of the173

sale of said bonds authorized for any UConn 2000 project described in174

section 7 of this act in excess of the cost of such project may be used to175

complete any other UConn 2000 project relating to the University of176

Connecticut Health Center, if the State Bond Commission shall so177

determine and direct.178

Section 11. (Effective from passage) The bonds issued pursuant to179

sections 6 and 7, inclusive, of this act shall be general obligations of the180

state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are181

pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds182

as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of183

the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts184

necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is185

hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and186

interest as the same become due.187

Section 12. Subsection (a)(10) of section 10a-109d of the general188statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof189(Effective from passage):190

(10) To borrow money and issue securities to finance the191acquisition, construction, reconstruction, improvement or equipping of192any one project, or more than one, or any combination of projects, or to193refund securities issued after June 7, 1995, or to refund any such194refunding securities or for any one, or more than one, or all of those195purposes, or any combination of those purposes, and to provide for the196security and payment of those securities and for the rights of the197holders of them, except that the amount of any such borrowing, the198special debt service requirements for which are secured by the state199debt service commitment, exclusive of the amount of borrowing to200

refund securities, or to fund issuance costs or necessary reserves, may201 not exceed the aggregate principal amount of (A) for the fiscal years202ending June 30, 1996, to June 30, 2005, inclusive, one billion thirty203million dollars, (B) for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, to June 30,204[2016] 2018, inclusive, one billion two hundred fifty million dollars,205and (C) such additional amount or amounts: (i) Required from time to206


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time to fund any special capital reserve fund or other debt service207reserve fund in accordance with the financing transaction proceedings,208and (ii) to pay or provide for the costs of issuance and capitalized209

interest, if any; the aggregate amounts of subparagraphs (A), (B) and210(C) of this subdivision are established as the authorized funding211amount, and no borrowing within the authorized funding amount for212a project or projects may be effected unless the project or projects are213included in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10a-109e;214

Section 13. Subsection (a) of section 10a-109n of the general statutes215is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective216from passage):217

(a) For the period from July 1, 2001,[to June 30, 2016,

]until218 completion, the university shall have charge and supervision of the219

design, planning, acquisition, remodeling, alteration, repair,220enlargement, and/or demolition of any real asset or any other project221on its campuses.222

Section 14. (Effective from passage) The NICU transfer is authorized223

so that John Dempsey Hospital may increase its ability to treat adult224

medical/surgical patients and the neonatal intensive care unit at John225

Dempsey Hospital may become a component of the regional childrens226health system operated by Connecticut Childrens Medical Center.227

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes: (i) certificate of228

need approval, as established by chapter 368z of the general statutes as229

may be amended from time to time, to the extent applicable, shall be230

expedited for the NICU transfer, the University of Connecticut Health231

Center new construction and renovation project and any of the UConn232

health network initiatives, with such expedience to take the form of the233

Department of Public Health or any successor agency, reducing any234

waiting period between the filing of any letter of intent that may be235

required, and the filing of the associated certificate of need application,236

to ten (10) days and such department issuing the decision to grant,237

deny or modify the request for the certificate of need no later than238

ninety (90) days from receipt of a complete application without any239


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extensions of the ten (10) day or ninety (90) day periods being240

available to either the applicants or the department; and (ii) state241

employees who provide services in the NICU pursuant to any242

agreement entered into between John Dempsey Hospital and/or the243

University of Connecticut Health Center Finance Corporation, shall244

continue to negotiate wages, hours and other conditions of245

employment through such employee respective bargaining agents in246

accordance with chapter 68 of the general statutes as it may be247

amended from time to time.248

Section 15. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 32-41s of the general249

statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof250

(Effective July 1, 2010):251

(a) As used in this section:252

(1) Eligible business means a business which (A) has not more253than three hundred employees at any time during the preceding254twelve months and (B) is engaged in bioscience, biotechnology,255pharmaceutical or photonics research, development or production in256the state; and257

(2) Eligible commercial property means (A) real or258personal property which an eligible business has (i) owned or259leased and (ii) utilized at all times during the preceding twelve260months or (B) real property which the Commissioner of261Economic and Community Development or Connecticut262Innovations, Incorporated has certified as newly constructed or263substantially renovated and expanded primarily for occupancy264by one or more eligible businesses.265

(b) On and after July 1, [1997] 2010, eligible businesses and266

eligible commercial property located in (1) the city of Hartford267and/or the town of Farmington or (2) any municipality which268has [(1)](i) a major research university with programs in269bioscience, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals or photonics and270[(2)](ii) an enterprise zone, shall be entitled to the same benefits,271


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subject to the same conditions, under the general statutes for272which businesses located in an enterprise zone qualify.273

Section 16. (NEW) (Effective from passage) No later than June 30,2742015, the President of the university and the Governors designee shall275notify the Secretary whether the $100,000,000 in federal, private or276other monies referred to in section 4 of this Act has been raised. If277such notification states that the funds have not been raised, this Act278shall be of no further force and effect and the provisions of UConn2792000 as they existed prior to the amendments effected by this Act shall,280as of the date of such notice, become of full force and effect, except that281the amendments to UConn 2000 in sections 12 and 13 of this Act, and282this section 16, shall survive, and to the extent that under section 10a-283

109g(a)(1), the board of trustees has not provided for the issuance of all284 of the authorized amounts by 2016, the board of trustees may do so in2852017 or 2018.286

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the followingsections:

Section 1 from passage New section

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