Bill Text: CT SB00434 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Access To The Department Of Public Health's Lead Surveillance System.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Referred by Senate to Committee on Appropriations [SB00434 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00434-Comm_Sub.html
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AN ACT CONCERNING ACCESS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S LEAD SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall maintain a lead surveillance system that complies with the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Information Network's standards and consists of an ongoing registry of all children, from birth to age eighteen, inclusive, who have been reported to the Department of Public Health under section 19a-110 of the general statutes as having had blood lead screening results that indicate an abnormal level of lead in the blood.
(b) Any school nurse or primary care provider giving pediatric care in the state who suspects that his or her patient is suffering from the effects of lead poisoning shall have access to the lead surveillance system for purposes of confirming whether the patient previously tested positive for an abnormal level of lead in the blood and ensuring the provision of appropriate health care services to such patient.
(c) Except as specified in subsection (b) of this section, all personal information regarding a child, including blood lead screening results, shall be confidential pursuant to section 19a-25 of the general statutes and shall not be further disclosed without the authorization of the child's parent or legal guardian. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, pursuant to chapter 54 of the general statutes, to specify how information on the lead surveillance system is made available to school nurses, primary care providers, parents or guardians, and how parents or guardians may prohibit access to their child's information on the system, and to otherwise implement the provisions of this section.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(b), "child" was changed to "patient" for consistency with other provisions of the Subsec. In Section 1(c), "child or the child's legal guardian" was changed to "the child's parent or legal guardian" for consistency with other provisions of this Subsec.
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