Bill Text: CT SB00085 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 85 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Training Of Individuals Staffing Residential Care Homes Licensed By The Department Of Public Health.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-13 - File Number 603 [SB00085 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00085-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 85*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1278
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS STAFFING RESIDENTIAL HOMES LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the training for individuals staffing residential homes licensed by the Department of Public Health for the dispensing of medication to be the same level of training required for those individuals staffing facilities licensed by the Department of Children and Families and the Department of Social Services.

Statement of Purpose:

To ease the burden placed on certain residential facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health.