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| 12 | 12 | | AN ACT CONCERNING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO RESIDENTS OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Section 1. Section 19a-495a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) (1) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, [as provided in subsection (d) of this section, to require each] in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to allow unlicensed personnel in residential care [home] homes, as defined in section 19a-490, [that admits residents requiring assistance with medication administration, to (A) designate unlicensed personnel] to obtain certification for the administration of medication. [, and (B) to ensure that such unlicensed personnel receive such certification.] |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) The regulations shall establish [criteria to be used by such homes in determining (A) the appropriate number of unlicensed personnel who shall obtain such certification, and (B)] training requirements, including on-going training requirements, [for such certification. Training requirements shall] that include, but [shall] are not [be] limited to: Initial orientation, resident rights, identification of the types of medication that may be administered by unlicensed personnel, behavioral management, personal care, nutrition and food safety, and health and safety in general. |
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| 22 | 22 | | [(b) Each residential care home, as defined in section 19a-490, shall ensure that, on or before January 1, 2010, an appropriate number of unlicensed personnel, as determined by the residential care home, obtain certification for the administration of medication. Certification of such personnel shall be in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this section. Unlicensed personnel obtaining such certification may administer medications that are not administered by injection to residents of such homes, unless a resident's physician specifies that a medication only be administered by licensed personnel.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | [(c) On and after October 1, 2007, unlicensed] (b) Unlicensed assistive personnel employed in residential care homes, as defined in section 19a-490, may (1) obtain and document residents' blood pressures and temperatures with digital medical instruments that (A) contain internal decision-making electronics, microcomputers or special software that allow the instruments to interpret physiologic signals, and (B) do not require the user to employ any discretion or judgment in their use; (2) obtain and document residents' weight; and (3) assist residents in the use of glucose monitors to obtain and document their blood glucose levels. |
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| 26 | 26 | | [(d) The Commissioner of Public Health may implement policies and procedures necessary to administer the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulation, provided the commissioner prints notice of intent to adopt regulations in the Connecticut Law Journal not later than twenty days after the date of implementation. Policies and procedures implemented pursuant to this section shall be valid until the time final regulations are adopted.] |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Public Health shall immediately suspend the implementation of policies and procedures implemented pursuant to section 44 of public act 09-5 of the September special session. Any such policies and procedures shall be null and void. |
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| 33 | 33 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 1 from passage 19a-495a |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 2 from passage New section |
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| 37 | 37 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: |
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| 39 | 39 | | Section 1 |
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| 41 | 41 | | from passage |
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| 43 | 43 | | 19a-495a |
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| 45 | 45 | | Sec. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | from passage |
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| 49 | 49 | | New section |
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| 53 | 53 | | HS Joint Favorable Subst. C/R PH |
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