General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6254
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 2001
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 6254
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 2001
*02001*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATIONS BY MEDICAL ASSISTANTS AT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to authorize the Commissioner of Public Health to permit a medical assistant in a federally qualified health center to administer medication under the order of a licensed health care provider who is authorized to prescribe medication, provided such medical assistant has completed not less than twenty-four hours of classroom training and not less than eight hours of clinical training regarding the administration of medications.
Statement of Purpose:
To enhance the administration of medications at federally qualified health centers.