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