(a) The State Bond Commission shall have power, from time to time, to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series and in principal amounts in the aggregate, not exceeding twenty-two million dollars.

(b) The proceeds of the sale of the bond issuance described in subsection (a) of this section shall be used by the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the university, for the purpose of the UConn health network initiatives in the following manner: (1) Five million dollars of such proceeds shall be used by Hartford Hospital to develop a simulation and conference center on the Hartford Hospital campus to be run exclusively by Hartford Hospital, (2) five million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiative for a primary care institute on the Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center campus, (3) five million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives for a comprehensive cancer center and The University of Connecticut-sponsored health disparities institute; (4) five million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives for the planning, design, land acquisition, development and construction of (A) a cancer treatment center to be constructed by, or in partnership with, The Hospital of Central Connecticut, provided such cancer treatment center is located entirely within the legal boundaries of the city of New Britain, (B) renovations and upgrades to the oncology unit at The Hospital of Central Connecticut, and (C) if certificate of need approval is received, a Permanent Regional Phase One Clinical Trials Unit located at The Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain; and (5) two million dollars of such proceeds shall be used to fulfill the initiatives for patient room renovations at Bristol Hospital. In the event that the cancer treatment center authorized pursuant to subdivision (4) of this subsection is built in whole or in part outside the legal boundaries of the city of New Britain, The Hospital of Central Connecticut shall repay the entire amount of the proceeds used to fulfill the initiatives for the planning, design, development and construction of such center.

(c) The provisions of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted pursuant to said section that are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 10a-109b to 10a-109e, inclusive, 10a-109g, 10a-109n, 10a-109gg to 10a-109mm, inclusive, and 32-41s are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Temporary notes issued in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds.

(d) None of the bonds described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be authorized, except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that (1) has been signed by the secretary or by or on behalf of the university, and (2) contains such other terms and conditions as the commission, in its discretion, may require.

(P.A. 10-104, S. 8; 10-179, S. 81; P.A. 11-75, S. 6; P.A. 18-91, S. 78.)

History: P.A. 10-104 effective June 3, 2010; P.A. 10-179 amended Subsec. (b) by providing that from proceeds of sale of bond issuance, $5,000,000 shall be used by Hartford Hospital to develop simulation and conference center to be run exclusively by Hartford Hospital, $5,000,000 shall be used for primary care institute, and $10,000,000 shall be used for institute for clinical and translational science, and by making conforming changes effective May 7, 2010; P.A. 11-75 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease aggregate amount from $30,000,000 to $22,000,000, amended Subsec. (b)(3) to delete provisions re institute for clinical and translational science and $5,000,000 of proceeds to be used to fulfill initiatives for such institute, deleted former Subsec. (b)(4) re Connecticut Institute for Nursing Excellence, redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(5) and (6) as Subsec. (b)(4) and (5), deleted former Subsec. (d)(2) re $100,000,000 of federal, private or nonstate money and redesignated existing Subsec. (d)(3) as Subsec. (d)(2), effective July 8, 2011; P.A. 18-91 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to Sec. 10a-109ii, effective May 14, 2018.