Connecticut CaRI Database Information

Last Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2023

Connecticut Tumor Registry

State Laws and Regulations
Registry General Information

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General Information

Registry state statute URL

https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368a.htm#sec_19a-72

Registry state statute most recent update

2022

Registry administrative code/regulations URL

https://eregulations.ct.gov/eRegsPortal/Browse/RCSA/Title_19aSubtitle_19a-72/

Registry administrative code/regulations most recent update

2023

Registry location

Government Agency

Cancer Reporting Requirements

Reporting timeframe

3-6 months from diagnosis

Reporting timeframe notes

How often are facilities required to report?

Reporting frequency notes

Reporting facilities as defined in law

Hospitals, Physician/Healthcare Providers, Radiation/Radiology Facilities, Laboratories, Ambulatory Care Centers

Reporting facilities as defined in administrative code (regulations)

Hospitals, Physician/Healthcare Providers, Radiation/Radiology Facilities, Laboratories, Ambulatory Care Centers

Pathology reporting required?

Yes

Description of pathology reporting requirements

Electronic reporting required?

Yes

Description of electronic reporting requirements

Penalties allowed under law or regulations?

Yes

Penalties

Fines

Description of penalties

(1) Failure by a hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider to comply with the reporting requirements prescribed in this section may result in the department
electing to perform the registry services for such hospital, clinical laboratory or provider. In such case, the hospital, clinical laboratory or provider shall reimburse the department for actual expenses incurred in performing such services.
(2) Any hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider that fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each failure to disclose a reportable tumor, as determined by the commissioner.
(3) A hospital, clinical laboratory or health care provider that fails to report cases of cancer as required in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this section, shall be assessed a civil
penalty Not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per business day, for each day thereafter that the report is Not submitted and ordered to comply with the terms of this subsection by the Commissioner of Public Health.

Certified Tumor Registrar required

Registry Data

Population Data

3,580,920Total Population Count
1.1%% of US Population
1.0%% of US Black Population
0.9%% of US API Population
0.9%% of US AI/AN* Population
1.0%% of US Hispanic Population
1.5%% of US Hispanic Non-White Population

*CHSDA Counties only

Cancer Data

21,039Malignant Cases
1.2%% of US Malignant Cases

Registry type

SEER

Year registry became population-based

1935

First year high quality, population-based data available for research

1935

Data linked with medicare

Yes

Years included in CINA Deluxe

1995-2015

CINA survial years

2008-2014

Participates in the National Interstate Data Exchange Agreement program

Yes (Restrictions - https://www.naaccr.org/national-interstate-data-exchange-agreement/#17)

Study Participation

Research Type	Experience with Studies	Interested in Studies
Case Contacts Studies	Yes	Yes
Geospatial Studies	Yes	Yes
Linkage Studies	Yes	Yes
Rapid Case Ascertainment Studies	Yes	Yes
Re-Abstracting/Patterns of Care Studies	Yes	Yes
Survival Studies	Yes	Yes