Connecticut SB 194: AN ACT REQUIRING THE CONNECTICUT HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO REPORT ADDITIONAL DATA.

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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 194
February Session, 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING CARDIAC SCREENING AND SUDDEN
CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION FOR CERTAIN STUDENT
ATHLETES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 10-206 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2026): 2
(a) Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil 3
enrolled in the public schools to have health assessments pursuant to 4
the provisions of this section. Such assessments shall be conducted by 5
(1) a legally qualified practitioner of medicine, (2) an advanced practice 6
registered nurse or registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378, 7
(3) a physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, (4) a school 8
medical advisor, or (5) a legally qualified practitioner of medicine, an 9
advanced practice registered nurse or a physician assistant stationed at 10
any military base, to ascertain whether such pupil is suffering from any 11
physical disability tending to prevent such pupil from receiving the full 12
benefit of school work and to ascertain whether such school work 13
should be modified in order to prevent injury to the pupil or to secure 14
for the pupil a suitable program of education. No health assessment 15
shall be made of any child enrolled in the public schools unless such 16
examination is made in the presence of the parent or guardian or in the 17
presence of another school employee. The parent or guardian of such 18

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child shall receive prior written notice and shall have a reasonable 19
opportunity to be present at such assessment or to provide for such 20
assessment himself or herself. A local or regional board of education 21
may deny continued attendance in public school to any child who fails 22
to obtain the health assessments required under this section. 23
(b) Each local or regional board of education shall require each child 24
to have a health assessment prior to public school enrollment. The 25
assessment shall include: (1) A physical examination [which] that shall 26
include hematocrit or hemoglobin tests, height, weight, blood pressure, 27
a medical risk assessment for lead poisoning and, when indicated by 28
such assessment, a test of the child's blood lead level, and, beginning 29
with the 2003-2004 school year, a chronic disease assessment which shall 30
include, but not be limited to, asthma. The assessment form shall 31
include (A) a check box for the provider conducting the assessment, as 32
provided in subsection (a) of this section, to indicate an asthma 33
diagnosis, (B) screening questions relating to appropriate public health 34
concerns to be answered by the parent or guardian, and (C) screening 35
questions to be answered by such provider; (2) an updating of 36
immunizations as required under section 10-204a, provided a registered 37
nurse may only update said immunizations pursuant to a written order 38
by a physician or physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, 39
or an advanced practice registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 40
378; (3) vision, hearing, speech and gross dental screenings; and (4) such 41
other information, including health and developmental history, as the 42
physician feels is necessary and appropriate. The assessment shall also 43
include tests for tuberculosis, sickle cell anemia and Cooley's anemia 44
where the local or regional board of education determines after 45
consultation with the school medical advisor and the local health 46
department, or in the case of a regional board of education, each local 47
health department, that such tests are necessary, provided a registered 48
nurse may only perform said tests pursuant to the written order of a 49
physician or physician assistant, licensed pursuant to chapter 370, or an 50
advanced practice registered nurse, licensed pursuant to chapter 378. 51
(c) Each local or regional board of education shall require each pupil 52

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enrolled in the public schools to have health assessments in either grade 53
six or grade seven and in either grade nine or grade ten. The assessment 54
shall include: (1) A physical examination [which] that shall include 55
hematocrit or hemoglobin tests, height, weight, blood pressure, and, 56
beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, a chronic disease assessment 57
which shall include, but not be limited to, asthma as defined by the 58
Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to subsection (c) of section 19a-59
62a, as amended by this act. The assessment form shall include (A) a 60
check box for the provider conducting the assessment, as provided in 61
subsection (a) of this section, to indicate an asthma diagnosis, (B) 62
screening questions relating to appropriate public health concerns to be 63
answered by the parent or guardian, and (C) screen