Bill Text: CT HB05727 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Time For Parental Notification When A Child Is Admitted To A Hospital For Diagnosis Or Treatment Of A Mental Disorder.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [HB05727 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05727-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5727
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 2125
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. BECKER, 19th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TIME FOR PARENTAL NOTIFICATION WHEN A CHILD IS ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL FOR DIAGNOSIS OR TREATMENT OF A MENTAL DISORDER.

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

That section 17a-79 of the general statutes be amended to require a hospital to notify a parent or guardian of a child's admission to the hospital without the parent's consent for diagnosis or treatment of a mental disorder not later than twenty-four hours after the child's admission.

Statement of Purpose:

To change the time for a hospital to notify a parent when a child is admitted to the hospital for diagnosis or treatment of a mental disorder from not later than five days after the child's admission to not later than one day after the child's admission.