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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2425 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6000 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2425 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. COOK, 65 | |
| 15 | 15 | th Dist. | |
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| 21 | 21 | AN ACT REQUIRING LONG -TERM CARE FACILITIES TO DEVELOP A | |
| 22 | 22 | PLAN FOR RESPONDING TO OUTBREAKS OF INFECTIOUS | |
| 23 | 23 | DISEASE AND OTHER SITUATIONS THAT RESULT IN A REDUCTION | |
| 24 | 24 | IN STAFFING CAPACITY. | |
| 25 | 25 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 26 | 26 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 28 | 28 | That the general statutes be amended to require all providers of 1 | |
| 29 | 29 | congregate long-term care facilities to develop and submit to the 2 | |
| 30 | 30 | Departments of Public Health, Mental Health and Addiction Services or 3 | |
| 31 | 31 | Developmental Services, as appropriate, for approval, an infectious 4 | |
| 32 | 32 | disease outbreak plan that is customized to each facility on national 5 | |
| 33 | 33 | best-practice standards for infection control, that includes, among other 6 | |
| 34 | 34 | clinical and administrative components, documentation of the means 7 | |
| 35 | 35 | through which the facility will secure and provide orientation to 8 | |
| 36 | 36 | supplemental or replacement staff in the event that an infectious disease 9 | |
| 37 | 37 | outbreak or another emergent or nonemergent situation that reduces the 10 | |
| 38 | 38 | facility's staffing capacity. 11 Proposed Bill No. 6000 | |
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| 41 | 41 | LCO No. 2425 2 of 2 | |
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| 43 | 43 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 44 | 44 | To ensure all long-term care facilities develop plans to address | |
| 45 | 45 | outbreaks of infectious disease and other situations that reduce staffing | |
| 46 | 46 | capacity. |