Bill Text: CT HB05047 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Improved Patient Access To Blood Test Results.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-05 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05047 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05047-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5047
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 181
Referred to Committee on Public Health
Introduced by:
REP. MORIN, 28th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING IMPROVED PATIENT ACCESS TO BLOOD TEST RESULTS.

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

That section 20-7c of the general statutes be amended to provide that in those cases where a patient is routinely required to undergo blood testing, the patient's health care provider may issue a single authorization to the facility conducting such testing that allows the facility to directly communicate all blood test results to the patient.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide patients who are routinely required to undergo blood testing with the ability to directly access the test results without need to obtain an authorization from the health care provider.