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