General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5977
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2325
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5977
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2325
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. VARGAS, 6th Dist.
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PROMPT DISCLOSURE OF CHILDREN'S MEDICAL TEST RESULTS TO PARENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 20-7c of the general statutes be amended to require clinical laboratories to provide a child's medical test results to the child's parent or guardian as soon as the results become available, provided the child's health care provider is present when the test results are disclosed so that the health care provider may assess the results.
Statement of Purpose:
To require health care professionals to share blood and lab test results with parents as soon as the results are available and to require that a physician is present when the results are shared to assess the findings.