General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5894
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 2607
*02607*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist. REP. SANTIAGO, 84th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5894
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 2607
*02607*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MORRIS, 140th Dist.
REP. SANTIAGO, 84th Dist.
AN ACT INCREASING THE AVAILABILITY OF LICENSED MEDICAL INTERPRETERS FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PATIENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That section 19a-490i of the general statutes be amended to require on-site medical interpreters for any acute-care hospital with not less than five per cent of the population residing in the geographic area served by the hospital having a primary language other than English and any adverse events reported for patients with a primary language other than English.
Statement of Purpose:
To require acute-care hospitals with a certain population to have on-site medical interpreters.