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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5148
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 24
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. WINKLER, 56th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING A REVIEW OF DISCHARGE INSTRUCTIONS
AND A PATIENT EVALUATION UPON TRANSFER OF A PATIENT
FROM A HOSPITAL TO A NURSING HOME.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require a physician, 1
advanced practice registered nurse or physician assistant employed by 2
a nursing home to evaluate a patient and review the patient's 3
discharge instructions not later than seventy-two hours after the 4
patient was discharged from a hospital and admitted to the nursing 5
home. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent additional deaths of nursing home patients following their
discharge from a hospital.