General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5564
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1311
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5564
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1311
*01311*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Public Health to adopt regulations requiring each health care facility to meet or exceed the technical standards for accessibility developed by the federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in accordance with Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time, for medical diagnostic equipment.
Statement of Purpose:
To require medical diagnostic equipment purchased by health care facilities to meet technical standards for accessibility by persons with disabilities.