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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5984 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2362 | |
| 3 | 3 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 4 | 4 | Introduced by: | |
| 5 | 5 | REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. | |
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | General Assembly | |
| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | Proposed Bill No. 5984 | |
| 10 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 11 | January Session, 2013 | |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | LCO No. 2362 | |
| 14 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| 17 | 17 | Introduced by: | |
| 18 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 | REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. | |
| 20 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSFER OF HOME CARE PATIENTS TO EMERGENCY SHELTERS OR NURSING HOME FACILITIES DURING A SEVERE WEATHER EMERGENCY. | |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 24 | 24 | ||
| 25 | 25 | That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to require persons receiving home care services be transferred from their homes to a temporary emergency shelter or nursing home facility, rather than a hospital, during severe weather emergencies. | |
| 26 | 26 | ||
| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 28 | 28 | ||
| 29 | 29 | To require temporary emergency shelters and nursing home facilities to make accommodations for persons receiving home care during severe weather emergencies so that those persons may be transferred to the shelter or facility and are not required to incur the cost and health risk associated with staying in a hospital. |