# Connecticut — State minimum standards for hospital financial assistance (charity care)

For Connecticut, statute is Sec. 19a-673; highest income the rule still protects is at or below two hundred fifty per cent of the poverty income guidelines; which hospitals must comply is No hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital that has provided health care to an uninsured patient may collect from the uninsured patient more than the cost of providing such health care; basis for the income test is poverty income guidelines; notes is Each collection agent engaged in collecting a debt from a patient arising from health care provided at a hospital shall provide written notice to such patient as to whether the hospital deems the patient an insured patient or uninsured patient and the reasons for such determination, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.

- **State:** Connecticut _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** Sec. 19a-673 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Highest income the rule still protects:** at or below two hundred fifty per cent of the poverty income guidelines _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Which hospitals must comply:** No hospital or entity that is owned by or affiliated with such hospital that has provided health care to an uninsured patient may collect from the uninsured patient more than the cost of providing such health care. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Basis for the income test:** poverty income guidelines _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notes:** Each collection agent engaged in collecting a debt from a patient arising from health care provided at a hospital shall provide written notice to such patient as to whether the hospital deems the patient an insured patient or uninsured patient and the reasons for such determination. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> “Uninsured patient” means any person who is liable for one or more hospital charges whose income is at or below two hundred fifty per cent of the poverty income guidelines who (A) has applied and been denied eligibility for any medical or health care coverage provided under the Medicaid program due to failure to satisfy income or other eligibility requirements, and (B) is not eligible for coverage for hospital services under the Medicare or CHAMPUS programs, or under any Medicaid or health insurance program of any other nation, state, territory or commonwealth, or under any other governmental or privately sponsored health or accident insurance or benefit program

## Source

- https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368z.htm#sec_19a-673

Last verified: 2026-08-30. Review by: 2027-02-22.
Part of [State minimum standards for hospital financial assistance (charity care)](https://referencesource.org/state-hospital-financial-assistance-thresholds/).