Bill Text: CT SB00192 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Electroconvulsive Therapy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-02 - Change of Reference, House to Committee on Judiciary [SB00192 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00192-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 192

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 1404

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY.

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

That section 17a-543 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the administration of shock therapy without the patient's written informed consent.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit forced shock therapy treatment on citizens.

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