Bill Text: CT HB05045 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Requiring Health Care Providers To Display Photographic Identification Badges During Work Hours.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [HB05045 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05045-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2011 |
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Referred to Committee on Public Health |
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AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION BADGES DURING WORK HOURS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Health care provider" means any person employed by or acting on behalf of a health care facility or institution; and
(2) "Health care facility or institution" means a hospital, health care facility for the disabled, nursing home, rest home, home health care agency, homemaker-home health aide agency, emergency medical services organization, mental health facility, assisted living services agency, substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient surgical facility, an infirmary operated by an educational institution for the care of students enrolled in, and faculty and employees of, such institution; a facility engaged in providing services for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or care of human health conditions, including facilities operated and maintained by any state agency, and a residential facility for persons with mental retardation licensed pursuant to section 17a-227 of the general statutes.
(b) Any health care provider who provides direct patient care shall wear in plain view during such provider's working hours a photographic identification badge issued by the health care facility or institution that includes the name of the health care facility or institution, the name of the health care provider, and the type of license, certificate or employment title that the health care provider holds with the health care facility or institution. Health care facilities or institutions, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall develop policies and procedures concerning the size, content and format of the photographic identification badge required pursuant to this subsection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
October 1, 2011 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To allow patients to quickly identify those health care providers who are involved in their direct care.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]