Bill Text: CT HB05457 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5457 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Collection Of Data By Health And Human Services Agencies.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-28 - Public Hearing 03/05 [HB05457 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05457-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5457*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1953
		01953_______PH_
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE COLLECTION OF DATA BY HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2015) The Department of Public Health, the Department of Social Services and any other office or agency of the state that provides services relating to health or human services shall collect primary data concerning the identity of persons served by such department, office or agency including such persons' race, ethnicity, gender, primary language, disability status and income, provided such data shall be aggregated in a manner that does not identify such persons. Such department, office or agency may collect additional data, including, but not limited to, the residential address, socioeconomic status and level of acculturation of such persons. Any such data shall be collected by such departments, office or agency using a self-reporting method, except a parent or guardian may report such information by responding to questions on behalf of a minor and a guardian or conservator may report such information by responding to questions on behalf of a person who is incapacitated.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2015	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require certain state agencies to collect and maintain identifying information concerning the persons such agencies serve.

[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.]