Connecticut 2011 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00378 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2011

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 378
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 1307
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist. REP. GENTILE, 104th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 378 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 1307

Referred to Committee on Appropriations 

Introduced by:

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

REP. GENTILE, 104th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS TO LEVEL 1 TRAUMA HOSPITALS FOR IMPROVED TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

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

That the sum of ___ dollars be appropriated to the Department of Public Health, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for the development of interactive, evidence-based treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury patients.

Statement of Purpose: 

To: (1) Reduce patient mortality and improve patient level of recovery following traumatic brain injury; and (2) reduce the state's long-term care costs for such patients.