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CT SB00257
Bill
Status
Passed
6/13/2014
Primary Sponsor
Public Health Committee
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AI Summary
- Establishes requirement for primary care providers (physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants) to offer hepatitis C screening or diagnostic tests to patients born between 1945 and 1965, inclusive, effective October 1, 2014
- Defines hepatitis C screening test as a laboratory test detecting hepatitis C virus antibodies and hepatitis C diagnostic test as a test detecting the presence of hepatitis C virus and confirming infection status
- Exempts primary care providers from offering tests when the patient is being treated for a life-threatening emergency, has previously been offered or received a hepatitis C test, or lacks capacity to consent
- Applies to primary care services in the medical fields of family medicine, general pediatrics, primary care, internal medicine, primary care obstetrics, or primary care gynecology, regardless of board certification status
Legislative Description
An Act Concerning Hepatitis C Testing.
Last Action
Signed by the Governor
6/13/2014
Committee Referrals
Public Health2/24/2014
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