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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1169 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6241 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1169 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. DILLON, 92nd Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | REP. PORTER, 94th Dist. | |
| 16 | 16 | REP. CANDELARIA, 95th Dist. | |
| 17 | 17 | REP. WALKER, 93rd Dist. | |
| 18 | 18 | SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist. | |
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| 23 | 23 | AN ACT CONCERNING PULSE OXIMETERS, INDIVIDUALS OF | |
| 24 | 24 | COLOR AND HEALTH INSURANCE. | |
| 25 | 25 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 26 | 26 | Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | That the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require each pulse 1 | |
| 29 | 29 | oximeter sold in this state to display a warning disclosing that such 2 | |
| 30 | 30 | pulse oximeter may produce an erroneous blood oxygen saturation 3 | |
| 31 | 31 | level reading for an individual of color; (2) provide for the education of 4 | |
| 32 | 32 | health care providers regarding the increased likelihood that a pulse 5 | |
| 33 | 33 | oximeter will produce an erroneous blood oxygen saturation level 6 | |
| 34 | 34 | reading for an individual of color and thereby deprive the individual of 7 | |
| 35 | 35 | a medically necessary hospital admission or other clinical care; and (3) 8 | |
| 36 | 36 | prohibit health insurers from reimbursing health care providers for 9 | |
| 37 | 37 | certain health care, including, but not limited to, home health care, 10 | |
| 38 | 38 | provided to an individual of color for a low blood oxygen saturation 11 | |
| 39 | 39 | level. 12 Proposed Bill No. 6241 | |
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| 41 | 41 | ||
| 42 | 42 | LCO No. 1169 2 of 2 | |
| 43 | 43 | ||
| 44 | 44 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 45 | 45 | To reduce racial health disparities. |