Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00028 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 28
22 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 114
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44 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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66 SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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1010 Proposed Bill No. 28
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1212 January Session, 2017
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1414 LCO No. 114
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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2424 AN ACT ALLOWING ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES TO CONCLUDE THAT A PERSON HAS PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES AND IS DANGEROUS TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF OR OTHERS FOR PURPOSES OF CONFINEMENT IN A HOSPITAL FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES UNDER AN EMERGENCY CERTIFICATE.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 That section 17a-502 of the general statutes be amended to allow an advanced practice registered nurse to conclude that a person has psychiatric disabilities and is dangerous to himself or herself or others for purposes of confining such person in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities under an emergency certificate.
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3232 To allow advanced practice registered nurses to conclude that a person has psychiatric disabilities and is dangerous to himself or herself or others for purposes of confinement to a hospital for psychiatric disabilities under an emergency certificate.