Bill Text: CT HB06498 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 6498 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Definition And Licensure Of A School-based Health Center.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB06498 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06498-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 6498*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 3000
		03000
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. CURREY, 11th Dist. SEN. LARSON, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEFINITION AND LICENSURE OF A SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER.

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

That section 19a-6r of the general statutes be amended to (1) clarify the definition of a school-based health center as a health center that provides health services to children or adolescents, (2) require the Department of Public Health to adopt regulations to establish the minimum quality standards for school-based health centers, and (3) require the Commissioner of Public Health to issue a school-based health center license to applicants who meet the criteria for such centers set forth in such regulations.

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Department of Public Health to adopt regulations regarding school-based health centers and require the Commissioner of Public Health to issue school-based health center licenses in accordance with such regulations.