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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5273
February Session, 2022
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A STATE -WIDE STROKE REGISTRY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2022) (a) The Department of 1
Public Health shall maintain and operate a state-wide stroke registry. 2
Such registry shall use the American Heart Association's stroke care 3
program's data set platform and include information and data on stroke 4
care in the state that align with the stroke consensus metrics developed 5
and approved by the American Heart Association. 6
(b) On and after January 1, 2023, each comprehensive stroke center, 7
thrombectomy-capable stroke center, primary stroke center or acute 8
stroke-ready hospital shall, on a quarterly basis, submit to the 9
Department of Public Health data concerning stroke care that are 10
necessary for including in the state-wide stroke registry, as determined 11
by the Commissioner of Public Health, and that, at a minimum, align 12
with the stroke consensus metrics developed and approved by the 13
American Heart Association. 14
(c) Each comprehensive stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke 15
center, primary stroke center and acute stroke-ready hospital shall 16
provide access to its records to the Department of Public Health, as the 17
department deems necessary, to perform case finding or other quality 18 Substitute Bill No. 5273
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improvement audits to ensure completeness of reporting and data 19
accuracy consistent with the purposes of this section. 20
(d) The Department of Public Health may enter into a contract for the 21
receipt, storage, holding or maintenance of the data or files under its 22
control and management. 23
(e) The Department of Public Health may enter into reciprocal 24
reporting agreements with the appropriate agencies of other states to 25
exchange stroke care data. 26
(f) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health, in 27
consultation with the State of Connecticut Stroke Advisory Council, 28
shall establish a stroke registry data oversight committee. Such 29
committee shall monitor the operations of the state-wide stroke registry, 30
provide advice regarding the oversight of such registry, develop a plan 31
to improve quality of stroke care and address disparities in the 32
provision of such care and develop short and long-term goals for 33
improvement of stroke care in comprehensive stroke centers, 34
thrombectomy-capable stroke centers, primary stroke centers and acute 35
stroke-ready hospitals. 36
(g) The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in 37
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to 38
implement the provisions of this section. 39
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2022 New section
PH Joint Favorable Subst.
APP Joint Favorable