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4		-	Senate Bill No. 763
	7	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 763
	8	+	January Session, 2021
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6		-	Public Act No. 21-122
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	12	+	Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
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	15	+	Introduced by:
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9	20		AN ACT REQUIRING DRIVERS OF PARATRANSIT VEHICLES TO
10	21		REPORT SUSPECTED ABU SE, NEGLECT, EXPLOITATION OR
11	22		ABANDONMENT OF ELDER LY PERSONS.
12	23		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
13	24		Assembly convened:
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15		-	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-451 of the general statutes is
16		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
17		-	2021):
18		-	(a) A mandatory reporter [, as defined in this section,] who has
19		-	reasonable cause to suspect or believe that any elderly person has been
20		-	abused, neglected, exploited or abandoned, or is in a condition that is
21		-	the result of such abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment, or is in
22		-	need of protective services, shall, not later than seventy-two hours after
23		-	such suspicion or belief arose, report such information or cause a report
24		-	to be made in any reasonable manner to the Commissioner of Social
25		-	Services or to the person or persons designated by the commissioner to
26		-	receive such reports. [The term "mandatory reporter" means (1) any
27		-	physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 370, (2)
28		-	any resident physician or intern in any hospital in this state, whether or
29		-	not so licensed, (3) any registered nurse, (4) any nursing home
30		-	administrator, nurse's aide or orderly in a nursing home facility or
31		-	residential care home, (5) any person paid for caring for a resident in a Senate Bill No. 763
	26	+	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 17b-451 of the general statutes is 1
	27	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2
	28	+	2021): 3
	29	+	(a) A mandatory reporter [, as defined in this section,] who has 4
	30	+	reasonable cause to suspect or believe that any elderly person has been 5
	31	+	abused, neglected, exploited or abandoned, or is in a condition that is 6
	32	+	the result of such abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment, or is in 7
	33	+	need of protective services, shall, not later than seventy-two hours after 8
	34	+	such suspicion or belief arose, report such information or cause a report 9
	35	+	to be made in any reasonable manner to the Commissioner of Social 10
	36	+	Services or to the person or persons designated by the commissioner to 11
	37	+	receive such reports. [The term "mandatory reporter" means (1) any 12
	38	+	physician or surgeon licensed under the provisions of chapter 370, (2) 13
	39	+	any resident physician or intern in any hospital in this state, whether or 14 Raised Bill No. 763
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35		-	nursing home facility or residential care home, (6) any staff person
36		-	employed by a nursing home facility or residential care home, (7) any
37		-	residents' advocate, other than a representative of the Office of the Long-
38		-	Term Care Ombudsman, as established under section 17a -405,
39		-	including the State Ombudsman, (8) any licensed practical nurse,
40		-	medical examiner, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, social
41		-	worker, clergyman, police officer, pharmacist, psychologist or physical
42		-	therapist, (9) any person paid for caring for an elderly person by any
43		-	institution, organization, agency or facility, including without
44		-	limitation, any employee of a community-based services provider,
45		-	senior center, home care agency, homemaker and companion agency,
46		-	adult day care center, village-model community and congregate
47		-	housing facility, and (10) any person licensed or certified as an
48		-	emergency medical services provider pursuant to chapter 368d or
49		-	chapter 384d, including any such emergency medical services provider
50		-	who is a member of a municipal fire department.] Any mandatory
51		-	reporter who fails to make such report within the prescribed time
52		-	[period] shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, except that,
53		-	if such person intentionally fails to make such report within the
54		-	prescribed time period, such person shall be guilty of a class C
55		-	misdemeanor for the first offense and a class A misdemeanor for any
56		-	subsequent offense. Any institution, organization, agency or facility
57		-	employing individuals to care for persons sixty years of age or older
58		-	shall provide mandatory training on detecting potential abuse, neglect,
59		-	exploitation and abandonment of such persons and inform such
60		-	employees of their obligations under this section. For purposes of this
61		-	subsection, ["person paid for caring for an elderly person by any
62		-	institution, organization, agency or facility" includes an employee of a
63		-	community-based services provider, senior center, home health care
64		-	agency, homemaker and companion agency, adult day care center,
65		-	village-model community and congregate housing facility] "mandatory
66		-	reporter" means any (1) physician or surgeon licensed under the
67		-	provisions of chapter 370, (2) resident physician or intern in any hospital Senate Bill No. 763
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	46	+	not so licensed, (3) any registered nurse, (4) any nursing home 15
	47	+	administrator, nurse's aide or orderly in a nursing home facility or 16
	48	+	residential care home, (5) any person paid for caring for a resident in a 17
	49	+	nursing home facility or residential care home, (6) any staff person 18
	50	+	employed by a nursing home facility or residential care home, (7) any 19
	51	+	residents' advocate, other than a representative of the Office of the Long-20
	52	+	Term Care Ombudsman, as established under section 17a -405, 21
	53	+	including the State Ombudsman, (8) any licensed practical nurse, 22
	54	+	medical examiner, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, social 23
	55	+	worker, clergyman, police officer, pharmacist, psychologist or physical 24
	56	+	therapist, (9) any person paid for caring for an elderly person by any 25
	57	+	institution, organization, agency or facility, including without 26
	58	+	limitation, any employee of a community-based services provider, 27
	59	+	senior center, home care agency, homemaker and companion agency, 28
	60	+	adult day care center, village-model community and congregate 29
	61	+	housing facility, and (10) any person licensed or certified as an 30
	62	+	emergency medical services provider pursuant to chapter 368d or 31
	63	+	chapter 384d, including any such emergency medical services provider 32
	64	+	who is a member of a municipal fire department.] Any mandatory 33
	65	+	reporter who fails to make such report within the prescribed time 34
	66	+	[period] shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, except that, 35
	67	+	if such person intentionally fails to make such report within the 36
	68	+	prescribed time period, such person shall be guilty of a class C 37
	69	+	misdemeanor for the first offense and a class A misdemeanor for any 38
	70	+	subsequent offense. Any institution, organization, agency or facility 39
	71	+	employing individuals to care for persons sixty years of age or older 40
	72	+	shall provide mandatory training on detecting potential abuse, neglect, 41
	73	+	exploitation and abandonment of such persons and inform such 42
	74	+	employees of their obligations under this section. For purposes of this 43
	75	+	subsection, ["person paid for caring for an elderly person by any 44
	76	+	institution, organization, agency or facility" includes an employee of a 45
	77	+	community-based services provider, senior center, home health care 46
	78	+	agency, homemaker and companion agency, adult day care center, 47
	79	+	village-model community and congregate housing facility] "mandatory 48
	80	+	reporter" means any (1) physician or surgeon licensed under the 49 Raised Bill No. 763
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71		-	in this state, whether or not so licensed, (3) registered nurse, (4) nursing
72		-	home administrator, nurse's aide or orderly in a nursing home facility
73		-	or residential care home, (5) person paid for caring for a resident in a
74		-	nursing home facility or residential care home, (6) staff person
75		-	employed by a nursing home facility or residential care home, (7)
76		-	residents' advocate, other than a representative of the Office of the Long-
77		-	Term Care Ombudsman, as established under section 17a -405,
78		-	including the State Ombudsman, (8) licensed practical nurse, medical
79		-	examiner, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, social worker,
80		-	clergyman, police officer, pharmacist, psychologist or physical
81		-	therapist, (9) person paid for caring for an elderly person by any
82		-	institution, organization, agency or facility, including but not limited to,
83		-	any employee of a community-based services provider, senior center,
84		-	home care agency, homemaker and companion agency, adult day care
85		-	center, village-model community and congregate housing facility, (10)
86		-	person licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider
87		-	pursuant to chapter 368d or 384d, including any such emergency
88		-	medical services provider who is a member of a municipal fire
89		-	department, and (11) driver of a paratransit vehicle, as defined in section
90		-	13b-38k.
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	87	+	provisions of chapter 370, (2) resident physician or intern in any hospital 50
	88	+	in this state, whether or not so licensed, (3) registered nurse, (4) nursing 51
	89	+	home administrator, nurse's aide or orderly in a nursing home facility 52
	90	+	or residential care home, (5) person paid for caring for a resident in a 53
	91	+	nursing home facility or residential care home, (6) staff person 54
	92	+	employed by a nursing home facility or residential care home, (7) 55
	93	+	residents' advocate, other than a representative of the Office of the Long-56
	94	+	Term Care Ombudsman, as established under section 17a -405, 57
	95	+	including the State Ombudsman, (8) licensed practical nurse, medical 58
	96	+	examiner, dentist, optometrist, chiropractor, podiatrist, social worker, 59
	97	+	clergyman, police officer, pharmacist, psychologist or physical 60
	98	+	therapist, (9) person paid for caring for an elderly person by any 61
	99	+	institution, organization, agency or facility, including but not limited to, 62
	100	+	any employee of a community-based services provider, senior center, 63
	101	+	home care agency, homemaker and companion agency, adult day care 64
	102	+	center, village-model community and congregate housing facility, (10) 65
	103	+	person licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider 66
	104	+	pursuant to chapter 368d or 384d, including any such emergency 67
	105	+	medical services provider who is a member of a municipal fire 68
	106	+	department, and (11) driver of a paratransit vehicle, as defined in section 69
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	108	+	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
	109	+	sections:
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	111	+	Section 1 July 1, 2021 17b-451(a)
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	113	+	HS Joint Favorable
	114	+	JUD Joint Favorable
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