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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 1538
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1538
6	6		January Session, 2025
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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	13	+	Introduced by:
	14	+	(PH)
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BOARDING
13	20		AND CROWDING.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Probate Court Administrator 1
18	25		and the Commissioner of Social Services shall evaluate the feasibility of 2
19	26		establishing an expedited process for the appointment of a conservator 3
20	27		for patients of hospital emergency departments who lack the capacity to 4
21	28		consent to receive health care services from the hospital to ensure such 5
22	29		patients receive such services in a timely fashion and help alleviate 6
23	30		emergency department boarding and crowding. Not later than January 7
24	31		1, 2026, said administrator and commissioner shall jointly report, in 8
25	32		accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, 9
26	33		to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 10
27	34		cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding such 11
28	35		evaluation and any recommendations for legislation necessary to 12
29	36		establish an expedited conservator process for emergency department 13
30	37		patients. As used in this section, "emergency department boarding" 14
31	38		means holding patients who have been admitted to the hospital after 15
32	39		presenting to the emergency department in the emergency department 16
33		-	while awaiting an inpatient bed. 17
34		-	Sec. 2. Section 19a-490ii of the general statutes is repealed and the 18
35		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 19 Substitute Bill No. 1538
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40		-	(a) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until 20
41		-	January 1, 2029, each hospital in the state with an emergency 21
42		-	department shall, and each hospital operated exclusively by the state 22
43		-	may, directly or in consultation with a hospital association in the state, 23
44		-	analyze the following data from the previous calendar year concerning 24
45		-	its emergency department: (1) The number of patients who received 25
46		-	treatment in the emergency department; (2) the number of emergency 26
47		-	department patients who were admitted to the hospital; (3) for patients 27
48		-	admitted to the hospital after presenting to the emergency department, 28
49		-	the average length of time from the patient's first presentation to the 29
50		-	emergency department until the patient's admission to the hospital; and 30
51		-	(4) the percentage of patients who were admitted to the hospital after 31
52		-	presenting to the emergency department but were transferred to an 32
53		-	available bed located in a physical location other than the emergency 33
54		-	department more than four hours after an admitting order for the 34
55		-	patient was completed. Each such hospital shall utilize such analysis 35
56		-	with the goals of (A) developing policies or procedures to reduce wait 36
57		-	times for admission to the hospital after a patient presents to the 37
58		-	emergency department, (B) informing potential methods to improve 38
59		-	admission efficiencies, and (C) examining root causes for delays in 39
60		-	admission times. 40
61		-	(b) Not later than March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until March 41
62		-	1, 2029, each hospital that conducts an analysis pursuant to subsection 42
63		-	(a) of this section shall submit a report, in accordance with the 43
64		-	provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 44
65		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 45
66		-	health and, not later than March 1, 2026, and annually thereafter until 46
67		-	March 1, 2029, shall also submit such report to the Commissioners of 47
68		-	Public Health and Health Strategy, regarding its findings and any 48
69		-	recommendations for achieving the goals described in subparagraphs 49
70		-	(A) to (C), inclusive, of subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of this section. 50
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	46	+	while awaiting an inpatient bed. 17
71	47		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
72	48		sections:
73		-	Substitute Bill No. 1538
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78	50		Section 1 from passage New section
79		-	Sec. 2 from passage 19a-490ii
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81		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
82		-	In Section 2(b), "shall also submit such report" was added for clarity.
	52	+	Statement of Purpose:
	53	+	To require an evaluation of the feasibility of establishing an expedited
	54	+	conservator process for emergency department patients to alleviate
	55	+	emergency department boarding and crowding.
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84		-	PH Joint Favorable Subst.
	57	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	58	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	59	+	underlined.]
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