General Assembly Committee Bill No. 24
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3757
*03757SB00024AGE*
Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 24
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3757
*03757SB00024AGE*
Referred to Committee on Aging
Introduced by:
(AGE)
AN ACT CONCERNING HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS OF MEDICARE RECIPIENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2011) The Commissioner of Public Health shall study the admission procedures used by hospitals when treating Medicare recipients for episodes of care extending beyond a period of twenty-four hours. The commissioner shall submit, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, findings and recommendations to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging and public health not later than January 1, 2012.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To study hospital admission procedures for Medicare recipients.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
SEN. PRAGUE, 19th Dist.
S.B. 24