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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2475 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 566 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2475 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. LESSER, 9th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. TURCO, 27th Dist. | |
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20 | 20 | AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION IN THE RATIONING OF | |
21 | 21 | HEALTH CARE IN A PUBLIC HEALTH CARE EMERGENCY ON THE | |
22 | 22 | BASIS OF A PERSON'S DISABILITY STATUS. | |
23 | 23 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
24 | 24 | Assembly convened: | |
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26 | 26 | That the general statutes be amended to prohibit a health care 1 | |
27 | 27 | provider from discriminating against any person in a public health 2 | |
28 | 28 | emergency on the basis of such person's disability status by rationing 3 | |
29 | 29 | health care to persons without disabilities. 4 | |
30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
31 | 31 | To prohibit discrimination in the rationing of health care by a health care | |
32 | 32 | provider in a public health emergency. |