Bill Text: CT HB05045 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring Health Care Providers To Display Photographic Identification Badges During Work Hours.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-4)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [HB05045 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05045-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5045
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 51
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO DISPLAY PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION BADGES DURING WORKING HOURS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to require a health care provider who (1) is employed by or acting on behalf of a health care facility or institution, and (2) provides direct patient care to wear a photographic identification badge in plain view during working hours.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow patients to quickly identify those health care providers who are involved in their direct care.