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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2399 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 493 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2399 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ESSENTIAL | |
| 19 | 19 | CAREGIVER PROGRAM. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to establish an Essential 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | Caregiver Program that (1) creates a definition of the term "essential 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | caregiver" that is not subject to interpretation by any long-term care 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | facility, and (2) authorizes an essential caregiver to provide care for a 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | resident of a long-term care facility notwithstanding any limitations on 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | visitation due to an infection outbreak or other factor, provided the 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | essential caregiver (A) abides by safety protocols, including, but not 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | limited to, those designed to mitigate risk of infection, and (B) is 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | provided with personal protective equipment to mitigate risk of 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | infection and other protections afforded to staff of such facilities. 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 34 | 34 | To implement the recommendations of the Nursing Home and Assisted | |
| 35 | 35 | Living Oversight Working Group. |