Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05986 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5986
22 January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2305
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55 REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE TO REPRESENTATIVES OF CERTAIN PATIENTS CONCERNING HEALTH CARE DECISIONS.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That chapter 368a of the general statutes be amended to require a health care provider to notify a person designated as the representative for any patient who is incoherent, elderly or whose primary language is not English of all decisions concerning the patient's care prior to taking any action, except in the case of an emergency and provided the representative has given the health care provider his or her contact information.
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2929 To protect a patient who is incoherent, elderly or whose primary language is not English by requiring the patient's representative be informed of all decisions regarding the patient's care prior to taking action, except in cases of an emergency and provided the representative has furnished immediate contact information.