Public hearing set on CT Children’s plan to close satellite unit in Waterbury

Hartford Business Journal – Thursday, June 25, 2026
By David Krechevsky

State hospital regulators have scheduled a public hearing on a proposal from Connecticut Children’s Medical Center to close its 12-bed unit in Waterbury and relocate it to its Hartford campus.

CT Children’s filed an application in July 2025 seeking to determine whether a Certificate of Need is necessary to close the unit, which it has maintained at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury since 2008.

St. Mary’s is owned and operated by Trinity Health Of New England.

The children’s hospital has stated that the Waterbury unit has had “very low volume for a number of years, which indicates there is no longer a need” for it. It is seeking to relocate the unit to its campus at 282 Washington St. in Hartford.

The state Office of Health Strategy determined in August that a CON was necessary. CT Children’s filed its CON application in January, and OHS deemed the application complete last month.

OHS has now scheduled a public hearing that will be held virtually on July 28 via a Microsoft Teams conference call. The technical portion of the meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m.; public comments will begin following that portion of the meeting.

Daniel J. Csuka, an OHS staff attorney, will serve as hearing officer.

Information about the hearing can be found on the OHS CON portal under docket number 26-32825-CON.

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