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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2676 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 7050 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2676 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. SIMMONS, 144th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO INFORM BLIND | |
| 19 | 19 | AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS OF RESOURCES. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That title 20 of the general statutes be amended to require 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | physicians, physician assistants and advanced practice registered 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | nurses offering primary care to patients to inform patients who are 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | blind or visually impaired of resources available to assist them, 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | including state assistance, technology and support groups. 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 29 | 29 | To require health professionals to provide blind and visually impaired | |
| 30 | 30 | patients with information on resources available. |