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Friday, January 23, 2015

INTRODUCED BY REP. PEGGY SAYERS, PROPOSED BILL NO. 6486, EXPANDING PATIENTS' RIGHT TO KNOW!

General Assembly
  Proposed Bill No. 6486  
January Session, 2015
  LCO No. 1217
  *01217*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 		 
Introduced by: 
REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist. 

AN ACT CONCERNING INFORMED MEDICAL DECISIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 19a of the general statutes be amended to require health care providers to (1) assist patients in evaluating treatment options based on each patient's goals, concerns, personal values, preferences and life circumstances in order to facilitate deliberation and decision-making, and (2) provide information to each patient concerning the benefits and risks of treatment options by using a decision aid such as that developed by the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation in order to arrive at an informed decision on health care treatment that is in the best interest of the patient.

Statement of Purpose:
To require health care providers to engage in a collaborative process of shared decision-making with patients.
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