Connecticut HB 5169: AN ACT AUTHORIZING FREE FISHING LICENSES TO VETERANS WHO HAVE BEEN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.

Bill Text

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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5169
February Session, 2026 LCO No. 1197

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ALERT IN THE
STATE-WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE REGARDING
PATIENTS WITH A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE OR COMBATIVE
BEHAVIOR TOWARD A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2026) (a) Not later than January 1
1, 2027, the Department of Public Health shall develop a system (1) for 2
health care providers with an electronic health record system capable of 3
connecting to and participating in the State-wide Health Information 4
Exchange as specified in section 17b-59e of the general statutes to report 5
to said exchange incidences of patient violence or combative behavior 6
directed at a health care provider, and (2) that alerts a health care 7
provider with such an electronic health record system when the 8
provider accepts a new patient or has a scheduled visit with an existing 9
patient who has a documented history of any such incidence. 10
(b) On and after January 1, 2027, each health care provider with an 11
electronic health record system capable of connecting to and 12
participating in the State-wide Health Information Exchange as 13
specified in section 17b-59e of the general statutes shall document in its 14

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electronic health record system any incidence of violence or combative 15
behavior that a patient directs at the health care provider or that the 16
health care provider witnesses the patient direct at another health care 17
provider. 18
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2026 New section

PH Joint Favorable