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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2503 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 1067 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2503 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | SEN. COHEN, 12th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. COMEY, 102nd Dist. | |
16 | 16 | REP. RADER, 98th Dist. | |
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21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT-SPECIFIC EMERGENCY HEALTH | |
22 | 22 | CARE PROTOCOLS FOR PERSONS WITH RARE DISEASES OR | |
23 | 23 | SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS. | |
24 | 24 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
25 | 25 | Assembly convened: | |
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27 | 27 | That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require 1 | |
28 | 28 | emergency health care providers, including, but not limited to, 2 | |
29 | 29 | emergency room physicians and emergency medical personnel, to 3 | |
30 | 30 | adhere to a patient-specific emergency health care protocol, developed 4 | |
31 | 31 | by a patient's physician, when providing health care to persons with 5 | |
32 | 32 | rare diseases or special health care needs during a medical emergency. 6 | |
33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
34 | 34 | To improve medical outcomes and safeguard the health and well-being | |
35 | 35 | of persons living with rare diseases or special health care needs by | |
36 | 36 | requiring emergency health care providers to follow patient-specific | |
37 | 37 | emergency protocols. |