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7		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 89
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	6	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 89
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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14	20		AN ACT CONCERNING SURGICAL SMOKE.
15	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section: 1
18	25		(1) "Hospital" means an establishment licensed pursuant to chapter 2
19	26		368v of the general statutes for the lodging, care and treatment of 3
20	27		persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental 4
21	28		conditions; 5
22	29		(2) "Outpatient surgical facility" means any entity, individual, firm, 6
23	30		partnership, corporation, limited liability company or association, other 7
24	31		than a hospital, licensed pursuant to chapter 368v of the general statutes 8
25	32		to engage in providing surgical services or diagnostic procedures for 9
26	33		human health conditions that include the use of moderate or deep 10
27	34		sedation, moderate or deep analgesia or general anesthesia, as such 11
28	35		levels of anesthesia are defined from time to time by the American 12
29	36		Society of Anesthesiologists, or by such other professional or accrediting 13
30	37		entity recognized by the Department of Public Health; 14
31		-	(3) "Surgical smoke" means the by-product of the use of an energy-15
32		-	generating device during surgery, including, but not limited to, surgical 16
33		-	plume, smoke plume, bioaerosols, las er-generated airborne 17 Substitute Bill No. 89
	38	+	(3) "Surgical smoke" means the by-product of the use of an energy-15 Raised Bill No. 89
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40		-	contaminants and lung-damaging dust. "Surgical smoke" does not 18
41		-	include the by-product of the use of an energy-generating device during 19
42		-	a gastroenterological or ophthalmic procedure, which by-product is not 20
43		-	emitted into the operating room during surgery; and 21
44		-	(4) "Surgical smoke evacuation system" means a system, including, 22
45		-	but not limited to, a smoke evacuator, laser plume evacuator or local 23
46		-	exhaust ventilator that captures and neutralizes surgical smoke (A) at 24
47		-	the site of origin of such surgical smoke, and (B) before the surgical 25
48		-	smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tract of any person in 26
49		-	an operating room during surgery. 27
50		-	(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, each hospital and outpatient 28
51		-	surgical facility shall develop a policy for the use of a surgical smoke 29
52		-	evacuation system to prevent a person's exposure to surgical smoke. 30
53		-	Not later than October 1, 2023, each hospital and outpatient facility shall 31
54		-	implement such policy and, upon request, provide a copy of such policy 32
55		-	to the Department of Public Health.33
	42	+	LCO No. 1115 2 of 3
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	44	+	generating device during surgery, including, but not limited to, surgical 16
	45	+	plume, smoke plume, bioaerosols, laser -generated airborne 17
	46	+	contaminants and lung-damaging dust; and 18
	47	+	(4) "Surgical smoke evacuation system" means a system, including, 19
	48	+	but not limited to, a smoke evacuator, laser plume evacuator or local 20
	49	+	exhaust ventilator that captures and neutralizes surgical smoke (A) at 21
	50	+	the site of origin of such surgical smoke, and (B) before the surgical 22
	51	+	smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tract of any person in 23
	52	+	an operating room during surgery. 24
	53	+	(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, each hospital and outpatient 25
	54	+	surgical facility shall develop a policy for the use of a surgical smoke 26
	55	+	evacuation system to prevent a person's exposure to surgical smoke. 27
	56	+	Not later than October 1, 2023, each hospital and outpatient facility shall 28
	57	+	implement such policy and report to the Department of Public Health 29
	58	+	regarding the implementation of such policy. 30
	59	+	(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Commissioner of Public Health 31
	60	+	shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 32
	61	+	general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 33
	62	+	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health 34
	63	+	regarding each hospital's and outpatient surgical facility's policy 35
	64	+	regarding the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system and the 36
	65	+	implementation by each hospital and outpatient surgical facility of such 37
	66	+	policy. 38
56	67		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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59	70		Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
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61		-	PH Joint Favorable Subst.
	72	+	Statement of Purpose:
	73	+	To require hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities to adopt and
	74	+	implement a policy to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke
	75	+	through the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system. Raised Bill No. 89
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	81	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	82	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	83	+	underlined.]
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