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| 4 | 4 | | LCO No. 4638 1 of 2 |
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| 6 | 6 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7279 |
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| 7 | 7 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 4638 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 14 | 14 | | Introduced by: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (PH) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT ALLOWING DENT ISTS TO TEST FOR DIABETES. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 22 | 22 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2019) (a) As used in this section: 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) "Point-of-service test" means diagnostic testing performed at the 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | site where patients will receive care or treatment; and 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) "HbA1c percentage" means the proportion of hemoglobin to 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | which glucose is attached and measures the average circulating blood 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | glucose level over the previous two to three-month period. 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) A dentist licensed under chapter 379 of the general statutes may, 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | during an office visit or prior to a procedure and with a patient's 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | consent, administer an in-office point-of-service test to the patient to 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | measure the patient's HbA1c percentage utilizing a finger-stick 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | measurement tool if such patient is at an increased risk of diabetes and 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | does not have a previous diagnosis of diabetes. A dentist who does not 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | administer such test pursuant to this section shall not be deemed to 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | have violated the standard of care for a dentist. The Commissioner of 14 Raised Bill No. 7279 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 4638 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Public Health may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of chapter 54 of the general statutes to carry out the provisions of this 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | section. 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 47 | 47 | | sections: |
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| 49 | 49 | | Section 1 July 1, 2019 New section |
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| 51 | 51 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 52 | 52 | | To allow dentists to administer a finger-stick diabetes test for patients |
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| 53 | 53 | | who have risk factors for diabetes but have not been diagnosed. |
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| 54 | 54 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 55 | 55 | | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 56 | 56 | | not underlined.] |
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