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LCO No. 138   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 480  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 138 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT CONCERNING SUDDEN UNEXPECTED DEATH IN EPILEPSY 
AWARENESS AND EDUCATION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to (1) require certain 1 
health care practitioners to provide epilepsy patients and their families 2 
with information concerning the risk of sudden unexpected death in 3 
epilepsy and methods to mitigate such risk, and (2) increase sudden 4 
unexpected death in epilepsy awareness and education among such 5 
health care practitioners. 6 
Statement of Purpose:   
To increase epilepsy patients' and certain health care practitioners' 
awareness and education concerning sudden unexpected death in 
epilepsy.