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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2561 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6552 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2561 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. VEACH, 30th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN | |
| 19 | 19 | EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO | |
| 20 | 20 | FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS TO | |
| 21 | 21 | EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF. | |
| 22 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 23 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 25 | 25 | That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to authorize 1 | |
| 26 | 26 | hospitals to install a climate-controlled device on an exterior wall of an 2 | |
| 27 | 27 | emergency department that includes (1) a bassinet, (2) an exterior door 3 | |
| 28 | 28 | that automatically locks upon being closed, and (3) an alarm that sounds 4 | |
| 29 | 29 | to alert hospital staff that such device has been used. 5 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To prevent infant abandonment and provide a safe and legal option for | |
| 32 | 32 | parents in crisis to voluntarily surrender an infant to emergency | |
| 33 | 33 | department staff. |