CT Committee | Joint Public Health | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| CT | HB06157 | To make technical changes to the statute concerning vital records. [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-01 |
| CT | SB00059 | To provide adult adopted persons, twenty-one years of age or older whose adoptions were finalized on or after July 1, 2014 with access to their birth parents' health information and information in the person's original birth certificate or record. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| CT | HB05299 | To authorize certain school personnel to administer antiepileptic medication to students. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-28 |
| CT | HB06645 | To allow a physician to prescribe medication at the request of a mentally competent patient that has a terminal illness that such patient may self-administer to bring about his or her death. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB01068 | To reduce the incidence of chronic disease in the state and improve chronic care coordination. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB01064 | To allow a registered nurse to delegate the administration of medication to patients in nursing homes to a nurse's aide who is certified in medication administration. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06594 | To clarify the definitions of "nursing home facility" and "residential care home" and statutory references to such terms and to change the definition of "medical review committee". [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB01128 | To require health care employees who have direct contact with patients or residents to be immunized against influenza. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06391 | To remove the requirement that advanced practice registered nurses practice in collaboration with a licensed physician. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06592 | To require (1) the Commissioner of Public Health to publish a list of classical homeopaths certified by a national organization, (2) the commissioner to establish requirements for certification of classical homeopaths, and (3) require persons who pra... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06589 | To establish a task force to study the scope of practice for dental hygienists and other mid-level dental professionals. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06588 | To require certification or accreditation that an adequate provider network will exist after expiration of a contract between a hospital or physician-hospital organization and an insurer, health care center or medical service corporation and to requi... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB01038 | To define surgery for purposes of the practice of medicine or surgery under licenses issued by the Department of Public Health. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | HB06647 | To require certain state agencies to collect, maintain and review identifying information concerning the persons such agencies serve. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-15 |
| CT | SB00894 | To require certification and continuing education for central service technicians. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | HB06484 | To require the placement of paper towels and dispensers in all public restrooms for the purpose of sanitation. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | HB06393 | To provide that a claimant in a medical malpractice action establish the negligence of a health care provider, who provided treatment in a hospital emergency department, by clear and convincing evidence. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | SB00990 | To include electronic cigarettes in the definition of "smoking", to prohibit smoking in certain areas outside of facilities where smoking is prohibited and to redefine business facilities for the purpose of the smoking prohibition. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | SB00895 | To require restaurants to establish procedures to serve customers with food allergies. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | SB00993 | To modernize dental assisting in the state by defining services that may be performed by certain dental professionals. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | SB00892 | To require health care providers to give advance notice to patients of services that are expected to cost more than one thousand dollars. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-07 |
| CT | HB06593 | To make changes to the statute concerning disclosure of personally identifiable information by state agencies to the Connecticut Health Information Network. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 |
| CT | HB05740 | To provide a uniform design and make-up for school-based health centers that include mental health services and require the development of a mechanism for the school nurse and the school-based health center to work collaboratively. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | HB05744 | To increase the state's childhood vaccination rate. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | SB00262 | To require psychiatric professionals to provide notice to authorities when a patient is a threat to himself or herself or to other persons. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | SB00374 | To provide behavioral health assessments to children. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | HB06158 | To allow physicians and other health care providers to opt out of the mandatory state vaccine procurement program and have the choice of where to obtain childhood vaccine, including the private market. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | HB05992 | To enhance the care and treatment of persons with psychiatric disabilities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-01 |
| CT | SB00994 | To adopt a definition of "school-based health center". [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-27 |
| CT | SB00129 | To prevent the closure of the Hartford regional center group home located in Newington. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05730 | To obtain eligible Medicaid reimbursements and commercial insurance payments for services rendered in school-based health centers. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05732 | To ensure the safety of blood donors. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05737 | To protect patient privacy by allowing patients to refuse the use of their health care information as part of the all-payer claims database program. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05746 | To establish a childhood obesity task force. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | SB00361 | To foster competition in the medical field by easing certificate of need requirements. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06238 | To remove the requirement that courses be taken in the same five mandated subject areas every two years once the physician has taken one course in each of the subject areas. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06241 | To encourage allergy testing of children with chronic and severe asthma by primary care physicians to achieve better compliance with the National Institute of Health's guidelines, to identify potential triggers of childhood asthma and to encourage be... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05988 | To improve identification of noise-induced hearing loss in middle school students. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05991 | To improve identification of and prevent hearing loss among high school students. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | SB00297 | To ease the licensure burden currently faced by private providers who are required to file duplicative applications for multiple state agencies and achieve efficiencies and cost reductions in administrative expenses for both the state and the private... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | SB00298 | To allow the Department of Public Health discretion in accepting late license renewal applications for day care facilities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06000 | To require hospitals to provide contact information for hospital staff who will receive complaints from patients. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06001 | To address the need for residential and community services for young adults with developmental disabilities. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05445 | To allow physicians to access pedCAT imaging equipment at a lower cost, which would benefit patients. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06004 | To provide health care services to those who cannot afford to pay for the services and for those who are uninsured. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB06005 | To prevent the disruption of current, long-term group home clients. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 |
| CT | HB05728 | To require the Department of Public Health to study possible causes for breast cancer incidents in the state and identify environmental risks that may be removed. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 |
| CT | HB05734 | To permit licensed natureopaths the authority to prescribe and administer drugs, excluding controlled substances. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 |
| CT | HB05738 | To ensure families have adequate information concerning the quality of care a patient may receive when placed in a nursing home facility. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 |
| CT | SB00060 | To create a unified health care system and reduce the cost of health care and health care coverage. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-15 |
