Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06644 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/26/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6644
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1421
 *01421*
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist. REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6644 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1421

*01421*

Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY 

Introduced by:

REP. CARTER, 2nd Dist.

REP. GONZALEZ, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING A PERSON'S ABILITY TO CHOOSE A COURT- APPOINTED THERAPIST OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.

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

That the general statutes be amended to provide that a court, when ordering that a person receive treatment or an evaluation from a therapist or other health care provider, shall allow the person to choose the therapist or health care provider that is to provide the treatment or evaluation. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To ensure that a person is allowed to choose a therapist or health care provider when such person is ordered by a court to receive treatment or an evaluation.