General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5907
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 2210
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DEMICCO, 21st Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING NOTIFICATION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

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

That section 19a-904 of the general statutes be amended to require a hospital to notify, within forty-eight hours, the emergency medical services organization that transported or treated a patient who has been diagnosed with an infectious disease.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand the protections afforded to emergency medical services personnel who may have been exposed to a potentially life-threatening infectious disease.