Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00046 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/14/2019

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 46  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 909 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING HOSPITALS FROM CHARGING FEES FOR 
TRAUMA ACTIVATION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit a hospital from 1 
charging a fee for a trauma activation, which involves paging a 2 
number of hospital staff to report to the emergency department as 3 
quickly as possible. 4 
Statement of Purpose:   
To decrease the cost of health care.