General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 62
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 34
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 62
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 34
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PATIENT CELLS IN MEDICAL RESEARCH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That chapter 368a of the general statutes be amended to require a health care provider to notify a patient when the patient's cells will be used for medical research and to require that such patient receive a portion of the proceeds from any sale of the patient's cells for medical research.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow patients whose cells are being used in medical research to obtain information regarding the use of such cells and to provide patients with a certain percentage of the money received from the sale of such cells.