Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06920 Compare Versions

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5	5		General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6920
6	6		January Session, 2025
7	7		LCO No. 4436
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10	10		Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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13	13		Introduced by:
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18	19		AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT -SPECIFIC EMERGENCY MEDICAL
19	20		CARE PROTOCOLS FOR PERSONS WITH A RARE DISEASE OR
20	21		SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS.
21	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	23		Assembly convened:
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24	25		Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2025) (a) As used in this section: 1
25	26		(1) "Advanced practice registered nurse" means an advanced practice 2
26	27		registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes; 3
27	28		(2) "Emergency department advanced practice registered nurse" 4
28	29		means an advanced practice registered nurse providing health care 5
29	30		services in an emergency department; 6
30	31		(3) "Emergency department physician" means a physician providing 7
31	32		health care services in an emergency department; 8
32	33		(4) "Emergency department physician assistant" means a physician 9
33	34		assistant providing health care services in an emergency department; 10
34	35		(5) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the same meaning as 11
35		-	provided in section 20-206jj of the general statutes; 12 Raised Bill No. 6920
	36	+	provided in section 20-206jj of the general statutes; 12
	37	+	Raised Bill No. 6920
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40	43		(6) "Physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of 13
41	44		the general statutes; and 14
42	45		(7) "Physician assistant" means a physician assistant licensed 15
43	46		pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes. 16
44	47		(b) Each health care provider, including, but not limited to, an 17
45	48		emergency department physician, an emergency department physician 18
46	49		assistant, an emergency department advanced practice registered nurse 19
47	50		and an emergency medical services personnel, who provides emergency 20
48	51		medical care to a patient with a rare disease or special health care needs 21
49	52		shall adhere to any patient-specific emergency medical care protocol 22
50	53		that was developed for the patient by the patient's physician, physician 23
51	54		assistant or advanced practice registered nurse and provided to such 24
52	55		health care provider by the patient or the patient's parent, guardian, 25
53	56		caregiver or legal representative. 26
54	57		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
55	58		sections:
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57	60		Section 1 October 1, 2025 New section
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59		-	PH Joint Favorable
	62	+	Statement of Purpose:
	63	+	To improve medical outcomes and safeguard the health and well-being
	64	+	of persons living with a rare disease or special health care needs by
	65	+	requiring emergency medical care providers to follow patient-specific
	66	+	emergency protocols.
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	68	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	69	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	70	+	underlined.]
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