Connecticut State Medical Society v. Commission on Hospitals & Health Care

This is an administrative appeal from a declaratory ruling of the defendant, the Commission on Hospitals and Health Care (CHHC). The dispositive issue is whether § 19a-165q-2 of CHHC’s regulations required submission to CHHC of data that violated the privacy and confidentiality rights of patients as set forth in General Statutes § 52-146e, 42 U.S.C. §§ 290dd-3, 290ee-3 (1985), and 42 C.F.R. §§ 2.11, 2.53 and 2.54 (1985). We conclude that this is so with respect to one item and, therefore, reverse, in part, the judgment of the trial court that held to the contrary.

Examination of the record…