OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sHB-5278
AN ACT PROHIBITING AN UNAUTHORIZED INTIMATE
EXAMINATION ON A PATIENT WHO IS UNDER DEEP SEDATION
OR ANESTHESIA OR UNCONSCIOUS.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 4752
File Copy No.: 231
House Calendar No.: 194
Primary Analyst: JS 4/19/22
Contributing Analyst(s): (NF)
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
Explanation
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact. The amendment results in no fiscal impact to the state as
explained below.
Section 1 results in no fiscal impact as the Department of Public
Health has sufficient expertise to handle the bill's requirements
regarding investigating any alleged violations of intimate examination
requirements.
Section 2 affects continuing medical education requirements, which
has no fiscal impact to the state.
Section 3 requires the University of Connecticut Health Center to
develop a plan to establish a specialized endometriosis program, which
it has sufficient expertise to complete.
Section 4 makes certain changes to the Department of Public Health's
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program, which are not anticipated to have a fiscal impact as screening
for tomosynthesis and testing for human papillomavirus are currently
being performed.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.