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CT HB06585

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rebecca Martinez

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Creates a database containing criminal history records of patients receiving home health care or hospice care through agencies or home health aides
  • Grants home health care workers access to the database to view criminal background information on patients they serve
  • Establishes a telephone hotline and website for reporting violent incidents involving home health care patients that did not result in an arrest
  • Reported violent incidents would be added to the patient database alongside criminal history records
  • Intended to improve safety for home health care workers by providing advance warning about potentially dangerous patients

Legislative Description

An Act Establishing A Database And Hotline For The Reporting Of Criminal History Records Or Violent Incidents Of Patients Of Home Health Care Workers.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health

1/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health1/24/2025

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