General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5564
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4653
*04653HB05564PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5564
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 4653
*04653HB05564PH_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Health care facility" means a hospital or an outpatient clinic, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, a long-term care facility, as defined in section 17a-405 of the general statutes, and a hospice facility, licensed pursuant to section 19a-122b of the general statutes; and (2) "medical diagnostic equipment" means an (A) examination table, (B) examination chair, (C) weight scale, (D) mammography equipment, and (E) x-ray, imaging and other radiological diagnostic equipment.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt by regulation, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, technical standards for medical diagnostic equipment purchased by health care facilities on or after January 1, 2018, that 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.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Public Health shall notify each physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes of 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. The commissioner shall also provide information to each physician describing the best practices for the safe provision of health care to individuals with accessibility needs.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require medical diagnostic equipment purchased by health care facilities to meet technical standards for accessibility by persons with disabilities.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
H.B. 5564