| Old | New | Differences | |
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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | - | LCO 1 of 3 | |
| 3 | + | LCO No. 5865 1 of 3 | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | - | General Assembly | |
| 5 | + | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7213 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | + | LCO No. 5865 | |
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 | + | ||
| 10 | + | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 11 | + | ||
| 12 | + | ||
| 13 | + | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | + | (PH) | |
| 8 | 15 | ||
| 9 | 16 | ||
| 10 | 17 | ||
| 11 | 18 | ||
| 12 | 19 | AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE. | |
| 13 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 14 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 15 | 22 | ||
| 16 | 23 | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 1 | |
| 17 | 24 | (1) "Health care provider" means any person, corporation, limited 2 | |
| 18 | 25 | liability company, facility or institution operated, owned or licensed by 3 | |
| 19 | 26 | the state to provide health care or other professional services, or an 4 | |
| 20 | 27 | officer, employee or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his 5 | |
| 21 | 28 | or her employment; 6 | |
| 22 | 29 | (2) "Minor child" means a person who is under eighteen years of age; 7 | |
| 23 | 30 | (3) "Physician" means a physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of 8 | |
| 24 | 31 | the general statutes; and 9 | |
| 25 | 32 | (4) "Services, examination or treatment related to pregnancy and 10 | |
| 26 | 33 | pregnancy prevention" (A) includes, but is not limited to, contraceptive 11 | |
| 27 | 34 | counseling and services, prenatal care and appropriate care and pain 12 | |
| 28 | 35 | management during labor and delivery, including, but not limited to, 13 | |
| 29 | 36 | epidural administration, but (B) does not include sterilization. 14 | |
| 37 | + | Raised Bill No. 7213 | |
| 38 | + | ||
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | ||
| 41 | + | LCO No. 5865 2 of 3 | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 30 | 43 | (b) Any minor child may give consent for services, examination or 15 | |
| 31 | 44 | treatment related to pregnancy and pregnancy prevention without the 16 | |
| 32 | - | consent or notification of the minor child's parent or guardian. 17 Substitute Bill No. 7213 | |
| 33 | - | ||
| 34 | - | ||
| 35 | - | LCO 2 of 3 | |
| 36 | - | ||
| 45 | + | consent or notification of the minor child's parents or guardian. 17 | |
| 37 | 46 | (c) No physician or other health care provider shall divulge any 18 | |
| 38 | 47 | information concerning the provision to a minor child of such services, 19 | |
| 39 | 48 | examination or treatment, or any consultation for such services, 20 | |
| 40 | 49 | examination or treatment, including, but not limited to, by sending a bill 21 | |
| 41 | - | for such services, examination or treatment, to the minor child's | |
| 50 | + | for such services, examination or treatment, to the minor child's parents 22 | |
| 42 | 51 | or guardian without the minor child's express consent. 23 | |
| 43 | 52 | (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the obligation, 24 | |
| 44 | 53 | if any, of a physician or other health care provider to make a report to 25 | |
| 45 | - | the | |
| 54 | + | the Departments of Public Health or Children and Families, or to make 26 | |
| 46 | 55 | any other report or disclosure that may be required pursuant to state 27 | |
| 47 | 56 | law. 28 | |
| 48 | 57 | (e) Any parent or guardian who was not informed of the provision of 29 | |
| 49 | 58 | such services, examination or treatment to such parent's or guardian's 30 | |
| 50 | 59 | minor child, shall not be liable for the costs of such services, examination 31 | |
| 51 | 60 | or treatment. 32 | |
| 52 | 61 | Sec. 2. (Effective July 1, 2025) Not later than October 1, 2025, the 33 | |
| 53 | 62 | Secretary of the State shall update the official compilation of the 34 | |
| 54 | 63 | regulations of Connecticut state agencies posted on the eRegulations 35 | |
| 55 | 64 | System to comply with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general 36 | |
| 56 | - | statutes and section | |
| 65 | + | statutes and section 1 of this act. 37 | |
| 57 | 66 | Sec. 3. (Effective July 1, 2025) Notwithstanding the provisions of 38 | |
| 58 | - | chapter 54 of the general statutes, | |
| 59 | - | ||
| 67 | + | chapter 54 of the general statutes, section 19a-116-1 of the regulations of 39 | |
| 68 | + | Connecticut state agencies is repealed. 40 | |
| 60 | 69 | Sec. 4. Section 19a-116 of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 41 | |
| 61 | 70 | from passage) 42 | |
| 71 | + | Raised Bill No. 7213 | |
| 72 | + | ||
| 73 | + | ||
| 74 | + | ||
| 75 | + | LCO No. 5865 3 of 3 | |
| 76 | + | ||
| 62 | 77 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 63 | 78 | sections: | |
| 64 | 79 | ||
| 65 | 80 | Section 1 from passage New section | |
| 66 | 81 | Sec. 2 July 1, 2025 New section | |
| 67 | 82 | Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 New section | |
| 68 | - | Sec. 4 from passage Repealer section | |
| 83 | + | Sec. 4 from passage Repealer section | |
| 69 | 84 | ||
| 85 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 86 | + | To protect patients' access to reproductive health care. | |
| 70 | 87 | ||
| 71 | - | LCO 3 of 3 | |
| 72 | - | ||
| 73 | - | ||
| 74 | - | Statement of Legislative Commissioners: | |
| 75 | - | In Sections 1(b) and (c), "parents" was changed to "parent" for internal | |
| 76 | - | consistency. | |
| 77 | - | ||
| 78 | - | PH Joint Favorable Subst. | |
| 88 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except | |
| 89 | + | that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not | |
| 90 | + | underlined.] | |
| 79 | 91 |