§ 10a-254 — Powers of corporation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, to accomplish the purposes of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263, inclusive, the corporation have the power to: (1) Adopt, alter, amend or repeal bylaws or rules or regulations and establish policies and procedures for the conduct of its business. In carrying out the provisions of this subdivision the corporation shall not be subject to chapter 54; (2) Maintain at no expense to the corporation an office and related support facilities at The University of Connecticut Health Center, which shall provide such space and facilities; (3) Sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded. Service of process in any action shall be made by service upon the executive director of the corporation either in hand or by leaving a copy of the process at the office of the corporation with some person having charge of such office. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to permit an attachment or garnishment against any of the funds or assets of the corporation prior to final judgment; (4) Adopt an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; (5) Purchase, receive by gift or otherwise, lease, sublease, exchange or otherwise acquire, and construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, equip and furnish one or more hospital facilities and dispose of such facilities by sale, lease, or sublease, provided that any sale or disposal of land or the structures thereon shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut; (6) Make and enter into contracts, leases, joint ventures, shared service agreements, and all other agreements and instruments which may be necessary or incidental to the exercise of its powers and the fulfillment of its corporate purposes; (7) Employ or retain accountants, attorneys and architectural, engineering, financial and other consultants on a project basis, and fix their compensation, and such other employees and agents as the corporation shall deem necessary or desirable to assist it in carrying out the purposes of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, provided that any employee of the corporation, other than employees retained on a project basis, shall be deemed to be an employee of the state for purposes of the general statutes including, but not limited to, chapters 66 to 68, inclusive, and shall be assigned to the appropriate existing collective bargaining unit and classification of the hospital or The University of Connecticut Health Center, as applicable, except as provided in subsection (c) of section 10a-253 ; (8) Accept gifts, grants or loans of funds, property or services from any source, public or private including, but not limited to, the hospital, for the accomplishment of the corporation's purposes, and comply, subject to the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, with the terms and conditions of such gifts, grants or loans. The hospital may, upon approval by the Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut, give, grant or loan funds, property or services to the corporation for corporate purposes; (9) Establish and manage segregated accounts to effectuate the corporation's purposes; (10) Procure insurance, or obtain indemnification, against any loss in connection with the assets of the corporation or the hospital or any liability in connection with the activities of the corporation or the hospital, the hospital's officers, agents, employees, physicians with hospital privileges and persons otherwise carrying out the purposes of the hospital; (11) Invest any funds not needed for immediate use or disbursement, in accordance with the provisions of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive; (12) Indemnify and be indemnified; (13) (A) Exercise and perform all or part of its purposes, powers, duties, functions or activities through one or more wholly-owned subsidiary corporations subject to limitations provided in this subdivision. The board of directors of the corporation by resolution may direct any of the directors, officers or employees of the corporation to organize any such subsidiary corporation as a public instrumentality by executing and filing with the Secretary of the State a certificate of incorporation, which may be amended from time to time by filing with the Secretary of the State, and which shall set forth the name of such subsidiary corporation, its duration, the location of its principal offices and any or all of the powers and purposes of such corporation, provided that each subsidiary shall have a board of directors and at least one-half of the members of each such board of directors of each subsidiary shall be members of the board of directors of the corporation or directors appointed by the Governor. (B) Each such subsidiary corporation and any of its properties, functions and activities shall have all of the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions of the corporation and of the corporation's properties, functions and activities, except that no such subsidiary corporation shall form subsidiary corporations. Each such subsidiary corporation shall be subject to suit in the manner in which the corporation is subject to suit; (14) Capitalize or make loans to any subsidiary of the corporation, to effectuate the purposes of sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, on such terms and conditions as the corporation deems reasonable; and (15) Do, or delegate, any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and to exercise the powers given and granted in sections 10a-250 to 10a-263 , inclusive, except that, in no event shall the corporation or any subsidiary of the corporation have the power to operate the hospital or to provide direct hospital services for patient treatment or care at the hospital or at the site of The University of Connecticut Health Center or to retain employees to exercise such power.

Legislative History

(P.A. 87-458, S. 5, 18.)