Bill Text: CT SB00125 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Legislative Commissioners' Recommendations For Technical Corrections To The Public Health Statutes.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-19 - House Calendar Number 413 [SB00125 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00125-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 125
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 231
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING THE LEGISLATIVE COMMISSIONERS' RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH STATUTES.

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

Section 1. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 19a-6n of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(a) There is established an advisory council on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome to advise the Commissioner of Public Health on research, diagnosis, treatment and education relating to said disorder and syndrome.

(b) The advisory council shall consist of the following members, who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Health:

(1) An immunologist licensed and practicing in the state who has experience treating persons with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and the use of intravenous immunoglobulin;

(2) A health care provider licensed and practicing in the state who has expertise in treating persons with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and autism;

(3) A representative of the Connecticut branch of the P.A.N.D.A.S. Resource Network;

(4) An osteopathic physician licensed and practicing in the state who has experience treating persons with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome;

(5) A health care provider licensed and practicing in the state who has expertise in treating persons with Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses;

(6) A medical researcher with experience conducting research concerning pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections, pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome, obsessive-compulsive disorder, tic disorder and other neurological disorders;

(7) A certified dietitian-nutritionist practicing in the state who provides services to children with autism spectrum disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other neuro-developmental conditions;

(8) A representative of a professional organization in the state for school psychologists;

(9) A child psychiatrist who has experience treating persons with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome;

(10) A representative of a professional organization in the state for school nurses;

(11) A pediatrician who has experience treating persons with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome;

(12) A representative of an organization focused on autism;

(13) A parent with a child who has been diagnosed with pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections or pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome and autism; and

(14) A social worker licensed and practicing in the state.

(c) A representative of the Department of Education Bureau of Special Education shall be a member and the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, or the chairpersons' designees, shall be members of the [task force] advisory council.

Sec. 2. Section 19a-551 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

Each nursing home facility shall: (1) On or before the admission of each patient provide such patient or such patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator with a written statement explaining such patient's rights regarding the patient's personal funds and listing the charges that may be deducted from such funds. Such statement shall explain that the nursing home facility shall on and after October 1, 1992, pay interest at a rate not less than four per cent per annum and on and after October 1, 1994, pay interest at a rate not less than five and one-half per cent per annum on any security deposit or other advance payment required of such patient prior to admission to the nursing home facility. In the case of patients receiving benefits under Title XVIII or XIX of the federal Social Security Act the statement shall include a list of charges not covered by said titles and not covered by the basic per diem rate provided by said titles. Upon delivery of such statement the person in charge of the nursing home facility shall obtain a signed receipt acknowledging such delivery; (2) upon written consent or request of the patient or the patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator, manage such patient's personal funds, provided such consent by a patient shall not be effective unless cosigned by the patient's legally liable relative or guardian if such patient has been determined by a physician to be mentally incapable of understanding and no conservator has been appointed. As manager of such personal funds the nursing home facility shall: (A) Either maintain separate accounts for each patient or maintain an aggregate trust account for patients' funds to prevent commingling the personal funds of patients with the funds of such facility. Such facility shall notify in writing each patient receiving Medicaid assistance or such patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator when the amount in the patient's account reaches two hundred dollars less than the dollar amount determined under the Medicaid program as the maximum for eligibility under the program and advise the patient or such patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator that if the amount in the account plus the value of the patient's other nonexempt resources reaches the maximum the patient may lose his or her Medicaid eligibility; (B) obtain signed receipts for each expenditure from each patient's personal funds; (C) maintain an individual itemized record of income and expenditures for each patient, including quarterly accountings; and (D) permit the patient or the patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator, and the regional long-term care ombudsman, and representatives from the Departments of Social Services and Public Health, access to such record; and (3) (A) refund any overpayment or deposit from a former patient or such patient's legally liable relative, guardian or conservator not later than thirty days after the patient's discharge and (B) refund any deposit from an individual planning to be admitted to such facility not later than thirty days [of] after receipt of written notification that the individual is no longer planning to be admitted. A refund issued after thirty days shall include interest at a rate of ten per cent per annum. For the purposes of this section "deposit" shall include liquidated damages under any contract for pending admission.

Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 20-101a of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(a) A registered nurse, licensed under this chapter, in charge in a hospice, nursing home facility, as defined in section 19a-521, or residential care home, as defined in section 19a-521, or a registered nurse, licensed under this chapter or a registered nurse employed by a home health care agency licensed by the state of Connecticut, in a home or residence may make the actual determination and pronouncement of death of a patient provided that the following conditions are satisfied: (1) The death is an anticipated death; (2) the registered nurse attests to such pronouncement on the certificate of death; and (3) the registered nurse, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under this chapter, or a physician licensed under chapter 370 certifies the death and signs the certificate of death not later than twenty-four hours after the pronouncement.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	19a-6n(a) to (c)
Sec. 2	October 1, 2014	19a-551
Sec. 3	October 1, 2014	20-101a(a)

PH

Joint Favorable