General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 28
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 114
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 28
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 114
*00114*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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.
Statement of Purpose:
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.