Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00396 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 2483 1 of 1
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4		-	LCO No. 5191 1 of 2
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6		-	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 396
	5	+	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 396
7	6		January Session, 2019
8		-	LCO No. ~~5191~~
	7	+	LCO No. 2483
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11	10		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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14	13		Introduced by:
15		-	~~(PH)~~
	14	+	SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
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19		-	AN ACT CONCERNING SU DDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY.
	18	+	AN ACT CONCERNING SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH IN
	19	+	EPILEPSY.
20	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21		Assembly convened:
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23		-	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2019) The Chief Medical 1
24		-	Examiner shall make a determination as to whether or not a person's 2
25		-	death was a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, when (1) it requires 3
26		-	an autopsy pursuant to subsection (a) of section 19a-406 of the general 4
27		-	statutes in connection with (A) a sudden or unexpected death not 5
28		-	caused by a readily recognizable disease, or (B) a death under 6
29		-	suspicious circumstances, and (2) the deceased was diagnosed with 7
30		-	epilepsy. The Chief Medical Examiner shall note such determination 8
31		-	on the deceased's death certificate and issue a copy of such death 9
32		-	certificate to the North American Sudden Unexplained Death in 10
33		-	Epilepsy (SUDEP) Registry as soon as practicable after the completion 11
34		-	of the autopsy. For purposes of this section, "sudden unexpected death 12
35		-	in epilepsy" means the death of a person with epilepsy that is not 13
36		-	caused by injury, drowning or other known causes unrelated to 14
37		-	epilepsy. 15
38		-	Committee Bill No. 396
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40		-
41		-	LCO No. 5191 2 of 2
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43		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
44		-	sections:
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46		-	Section 1 October 1, 2019 New section
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	23	+	That the general statutes be amended to require, when a medical 1
	24	+	examiner conducts an autopsy on a deceased person who was 2
	25	+	diagnosed with epilepsy or had a history of seizures, that the medical 3
	26	+	examiner (1) note on the death certificate whether the person suffered 4
	27	+	a sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy, and (2) file the death 5
	28	+	certificate with the North American SUDEP Registry. 6
48	29		Statement of Purpose:
49	30		To require a medical examiner to make a determination as to whether
50		-	a deceased person with epilepsy suffered a sudden, unexpected death
51		-	in epilepsy.
52		-	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
53		-	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
54		-	not underlined.]
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56		-	Co-Sponsors: SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist.
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58		-	S.B. 396
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	31	+	a deceased person with epilepsy or a history of seizures suffered a
	32	+	sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy.