Legislation: for detailed info, you can go the CT General Assembly website and put in the bill numbers and you can read the entire bill.
— we have four that we are watching and supporting.
- Senate Bill 270: An act concerning the establishment of a regional policy on the prohibition of certain gifts from the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing companies to health care providers.
- Senate Bill 248: An act concerning adverse events at hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities.
To (1) require that the Department of Public Health's annual report to the General Assembly on adverse events include information that identifies the hospitals or outpatient surgical facilities where such adverse events occurred, (2) require the Department of Public Health to conduct annual random audits of hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities concerning adverse events and thereafter include information on such audits in its annual adverse events report, (3) provide employment protections to certain individuals who take action in furtherance of the adverse event reporting objectives, (4) provide the Commissioner of Public Health with authority to impose civil penalties against hospitals and outpatient surgical facilities, and (5) require that hospitals report annually on the rate of health care associated infections.
- Senate Bill 222: An Act concerning complaints pending in the department of Public Health against physicians and certain other health care providers and establishing a mediation program for medical malpractice actions.
To (1) permit a person who files a complaint with the Department of Public Health alleging incompetence, negligence, fraud or deceit by a health care provider to obtain information about the status of the complaint, notice of any scheduled hearing or proposed consent order with respect to the complaint, and notice of the final disposition of the complaint, and (2) establish a mediation program for medical malpractice actions.
- Senate Bill 103; An act concerning access to comprehensive factual information regarding long-term care facilities. We have already testified before the Select Committee on Aging on this bill
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Members’ Stories
Medical error can have devastating effects. Here, in their own words, Connecticut families tell the stories of how medical error changed their lives forever.
Zack Ball
Ten years ago, Zack’s life changed forever…and so did mine. My son’s neck was broken in a tragic head on collision. He was sent to three different hospitals in one day and discharged and sent home three days after the accident. We were told he would make a full recovery. He would be that happy, bouncing two year old once again despite having to wear a halo on his head ... more
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