HB06733 Summary

• Revises definitions of health care institutions and facilities under Connecticut public health law, including hospitals, nursing homes, clinical laboratories, blood collection facilities, and source plasma donation centers

• Expands Department of Public Health authority and procedures for regulating clinical laboratories, blood collection facilities, and source plasma donation centers, with new licensing and inspection requirements

• Modifies lead poisoning prevention and screening requirements for children, including revised blood lead level thresholds and timelines for health department inspections and remediation orders

• Establishes new licensing framework for music therapists, replacing previous certification-only requirements with full state licensure and temporary permit provisions effective October 1, 2023

• Makes miscellaneous technical amendments to provisions affecting paramedic licensure, emergency medical services vehicles, esthetics, funeral directors, counselors, massage therapists, and marital/family therapists