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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1843 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 381 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1843 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF | |
| 21 | 21 | PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) allow physician's to 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | share a patient's Alzheimer's diagnosis and treatment plan with the 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | patient's family member or legal personal representative within the 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | existing framework of federal and state privacy laws, and (2) require 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | hospitals that serve an adult population to have an operational plan in 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | place within three years for identifying and managing individuals with 6 | |
| 31 | 31 | dementia. 7 | |
| 32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 33 | 33 | To enable better communication of an Alzheimer's diagnosis and | |
| 34 | 34 | treatment plan to family members or legal representatives within state | |
| 35 | 35 | and federal privacy laws and require hospitals to have an operational | |
| 36 | 36 | plan for identifying and managing individuals with dementia. |