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| 3 | + | LCO No. 1906 1 of 2 | |
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| 7 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 285 | |
| 8 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 1906 | |
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| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PH) | |
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| 12 | 19 | AN ACT ALLOWING MEDI CAL ASSISTANTS TO AD MINISTER | |
| 13 | 20 | VACCINES. | |
| 14 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 15 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 17 | 24 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For purposes of this 1 | |
| 18 | 25 | section, "medical assistant" means a person who (1) (A) is certified by 2 | |
| 19 | 26 | the American Association of Medical Assistants, the National 3 | |
| 20 | 27 | Healthcareer Association, the National Center for Competency Testing 4 | |
| 21 | 28 | or the American Medical Technologists, and (B) has graduated from a 5 | |
| 22 | 29 | postsecondary medical assisting program (i) accredited by the 6 | |
| 23 | 30 | Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the 7 | |
| 24 | 31 | Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools or another accrediting 8 | |
| 25 | 32 | organization recognized by the United States Department of Education, 9 | |
| 26 | 33 | or (ii) offered by an institution of higher education accredited by an 10 | |
| 27 | 34 | accrediting organization recognized by the United States Department of 11 | |
| 28 | 35 | Education, or (2) has completed relevant medical assistant training 12 | |
| 29 | 36 | provided by any branch of the armed forces of the United States. 13 | |
| 30 | 37 | (b) A medical assistant may administer a vaccine under the 14 | |
| 31 | - | supervision, control and responsibility of a physician licensed pursuant 15 | |
| 38 | + | supervision, control and responsibility of a physician licensed pursuant 15 Raised Bill No. 285 | |
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| 32 | 44 | to chapter 370 of the general statutes or an advanced practice registered 16 | |
| 33 | 45 | nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes to any 17 | |
| 34 | 46 | person in any setting other than a hospital setting. Prior to 18 | |
| 35 | - | administering a vaccine, a medical assistant shall complete not less than 19 Substitute Bill No. 285 | |
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| 47 | + | administering a vaccine, a medical assistant shall complete not less than 19 | |
| 42 | 48 | twenty-four hours of classroom training and not less than eight hours of 20 | |
| 43 | 49 | training in a clinical setting regarding the administration of vaccines. 21 | |
| 44 | 50 | Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit an employer of a 22 | |
| 45 | 51 | physician or an advanced practice registered nurse to require the 23 | |
| 46 | 52 | physician or advanced practice registered nurse to oversee a medical 24 | |
| 47 | 53 | assistant in the administration of a vaccine without the consent of the 25 | |
| 48 | 54 | physician or advanced practice registered nurse. 26 | |
| 49 | 55 | (c) On or before January first annually, the Commissioner of Public 27 | |
| 50 | 56 | Health shall obtain from the American Association of Medical 28 | |
| 51 | 57 | Assistants, the National Healthcareer Association, the National Center 29 | |
| 52 | 58 | for Competency Testing and the American Medical Technologists a 30 | |
| 53 | - | listing of all state residents maintained on said organizations' | |
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| 59 | + | listing of all state residents maintained on said organizations' registry of 31 | |
| 60 | + | certified medical assistants. The commissioner shall make such listings 32 | |
| 61 | + | available for public inspection. 33 | |
| 56 | 62 | Sec. 2. Section 19a-6f of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 34 | |
| 57 | 63 | October 1, 2021) 35 | |
| 58 | 64 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 59 | 65 | sections: | |
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| 61 | 67 | Section 1 October 1, 2021 New section | |
| 62 | 68 | Sec. 2 October 1, 2021 Repealer section | |
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| 64 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 65 | - | In Section 1(c), "registry" was changed to "registries" for accuracy. | |
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| 67 | - | PH Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO | |
| 70 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 71 | + | To allow medical assistants to administer vaccines. | |
| 72 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 73 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 74 | + | underlined.] | |
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