Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05585 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/16/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5585
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 843
 *00843*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5585 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 843

*00843*

Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES 

Introduced by:

REP. MCCARTY, 38th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION FOR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.

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

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to expand nonemergency transportation of nonambulatory nursing home residents to include travel to homes of family members provided such family members live within the same municipality as the nursing home.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow more nonambulatory nursing home residents to visit the homes of their families.