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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1067
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2503
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist.
REP. COMEY, 102nd Dist.
REP. RADER, 98th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT-SPECIFIC EMERGENCY HEALTH
CARE PROTOCOLS FOR PERSONS WITH RARE DISEASES OR
SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require 1
emergency health care providers, including, but not limited to, 2
emergency room physicians and emergency medical personnel, to 3
adhere to a patient-specific emergency health care protocol, developed 4
by a patient's physician, when providing health care to persons with 5
rare diseases or special health care needs during a medical emergency. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To improve medical outcomes and safeguard the health and well-being
of persons living with rare diseases or special health care needs by
requiring emergency health care providers to follow patient-specific
emergency protocols.