Bill Text: CT SB00378 | 2011 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning Appropriations To Level 1 Trauma Hospitals For Improved Treatment Of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations [SB00378 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB00378-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 378

 

January Session, 2011

 

LCO No. 1307

   

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

REP. GENTILE, 104th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING APPROPRIATIONS TO LEVEL 1 TRAUMA HOSPITALS FOR IMPROVED TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY.

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

That the sum of ___ dollars be appropriated to the Department of Public Health, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for the development of interactive, evidence-based treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury patients.

Statement of Purpose:

To: (1) Reduce patient mortality and improve patient level of recovery following traumatic brain injury; and (2) reduce the state's long-term care costs for such patients.

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