As Trinity Health closes mental health programs, lawmakers vow to close ‘loophole'

As Trinity Health closes mental health programs, lawmakers vow to close ‘loophole'

Trinity Health of New England is closing two mental health outpatient facilities in Hartford, a move that doesn’t require state approval. The Office of Health Strategy said that’s because a license for the services was held by a third-party medical group, not a Trinity Health-operated hospital. Acting Commissioner Amy Porter wrote in a ruling earlier this month that because “[s]ervice...