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3 | 3 | LCO No. 1445 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 705 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 1445 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. MARX, 20th Dist. | |
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18 | 18 | AN ACT REQUIRING SMOKE DETECTORS IN ALL HOMES IN WHICH | |
19 | 19 | A PERSON IS PROVIDING HEALTH CARE OR HOSPICE CARE | |
20 | 20 | THROUGH A HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCY, HOSPICE AGENCY OR | |
21 | 21 | HOME HEALTH AIDE AGENCY. | |
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 the general statutes be amended to require all homes in which a 1 | |
26 | 26 | person is providing home health care or hospice care to a patient 2 | |
27 | 27 | through a home health care agency, hospice agency or home health aide 3 | |
28 | 28 | agency to have a working smoke detector and, if there is no working 4 | |
29 | 29 | smoke detector in a home, to require the home health care agency, 5 | |
30 | 30 | hospice agency or home health aide agency to negotiate with the 6 | |
31 | 31 | homeowner to supply a working smoke detector. 7 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To ensure a safe working environment for persons providing home | |
34 | 34 | health care or hospice care to patients in their homes. |