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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 223 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5069 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 223 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. MICHEL, 146th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF SUICIDAL PATIENTS. | |
| 19 | 19 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 20 | 20 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 22 | 22 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) require (A) mental health 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | care providers to offer one-on-one counseling to suicidal patients and 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | patients who have attempted suicide by counselors who are trained in 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | suicide prevention, (B) insurance coverage for such counseling, (C) such 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | providers to obtain a history and an assessment from the patient and his 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | or her caregivers, and (D) when a patient is admitted to the psychiatric 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | unit in an emergency department, suicide prevention counseling to be 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | provided immediately and daily thereafter, and (2) prohibit (A) any 8 | |
| 30 | 30 | mental health care provider from discharging a patient into a homeless 9 | |
| 31 | 31 | situation, and (B) the arrest of a suicidal person who is not a threat to 10 | |
| 32 | 32 | others. 11 | |
| 33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 34 | 34 | To ensure that suicidal patients will be treated with the same respect, | |
| 35 | 35 | compassion and dignity with which a patient with a physical ailment is | |
| 36 | 36 | treated. |