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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7213
January Session, 2025
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Health care provider" means any person, corporation, limited 2
liability company, facility or institution operated, owned or licensed by 3
the state to provide health care or other professional services, or an 4
officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his 5
or her employment; 6
(2) "Minor child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age; 7
(3) "Physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of 8
the general statutes; and 9
(4) "Services, examination or treatment related to pregnancy and 10
pregnancy prevention" (A) includes, but is not limited to, contraceptive 11
counseling and services, prenatal care and appropriate care and pain 12
management during labor and delivery, including, but not limited to, 13
epidural administration, but (B) does not include sterilization. 14
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(b) Any minor child may give consent for services, examination or 15
treatment related to pregnancy and pregnancy prevention without the 16
consent or notification of the minor child's parents or guardian. 17
(c) No physician or other health care provider shall divulge any 18
information concerning the provision to a minor child of such services, 19
examination or treatment, or any consultation for such services, 20
examination or treatment, including, but not limited to, by sending a bill 21
for such services, examination or treatment, to the minor child's parents 22
or guardian without the minor child's express consent. 23
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the obligation, 24
if any, of a physician or other health care provider to make a report to 25
the Departments of Public Health or Children and Families, or to make 26
any other report or disclosure that may be required pursuant to state 27
law. 28
(e) Any parent or guardian who was not informed of the provision of 29
such services, examination or treatment to such parent's or guardian's 30
minor child, shall not be liable for the costs of such services, examination 31
or treatment. 32
Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2025) Not later than October 1, 2025, the 33
Secretary of the State shall update the official compilation of the 34
regulations of Connecticut state agencies posted on the eRegulations 35
System to comply with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general 36
statutes and section 1 of this act. 37
Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2025) Notwithstanding the provisions of 38
chapter 54 of the general statutes, section 19a-116-1 of the regulations of 39
Connecticut state agencies is repealed. 40
Sec. 4. Section 19a-116 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 41
from passage) 42
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 New section
Sec. 4 from passage Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To protect patients' access to reproductive health care.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]