Bill Text: CT SB00375 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Liability Of Home Health Care Agencies For Persons They Send To Clients.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [SB00375 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00375-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 375
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 2023
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
SEN. MCLACHLAN, 24th Dist. SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY OF HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES FOR PERSONS THEY SEND TO CLIENTS.

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

That section 19a-491 of the general statutes be amended to clarify that home health care and homemaker-home health aide agencies are liable for the acts of persons they assign or refer to clients.

Statement of Purpose:

To clarify that home health care agencies are liable for the acts of their agents.