Bill Text: CT SB00765 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 765 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Adoption Of The Care Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-13 - Change of Reference, House to Committee on Aging [SB00765 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00765-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 765*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1625
		01625
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE ADOPTION OF THE CARE ACT.

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

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to adopt the Caregiver Advise, Record, Enable (CARE) Act to require hospitals to (1) identify a designated family caregiver, if any, when a patient is admitted, (2) notify such caregiver when the patient is to be moved or discharged, and (3) provide adequate instructions to such caregiver for the care of the patient following discharge.

Statement of Purpose:

To adopt the CARE Act designed to empower family caregivers.