Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05934 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/21/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5934
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1104
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5934 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1104

Referred to Committee on Public Health 

Introduced by:

REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING COMPREHENSIVE LYME DISEASE SCREENING IN THE STATE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to require the state's health care institutions and providers to adopt Lyme disease screening tests and procedures similar to those currently in effect in the state of New York.

Statement of Purpose: 

To improve current Lyme disease screening by offering more comprehensive Lyme disease testing in the state.