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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6298
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1913
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESSIBILITY OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC
EQUIPMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of 1
Public Health to adopt regulations requiring each health care facility to 2
meet or exceed the technical standards for accessibility developed by the 3
federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in 4
accordance with Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable 5
Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time, for medical 6
diagnostic equipment. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To require medical diagnostic equipment purchased by health care
facilities to meet technical standards for accessibility by persons with
disabilities.