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Public Health Committee places four measures on consent calendar, including home-health safety and neuromodulation pilot for veterans
Summary
The committee added four items to its consent calendar: Senate Bill 1451 (home health worker safety updates), House Bill 6977 (drinking water regulatory changes), House Bill 7080 (one-time funding request for neuromodulation treatments for veterans at UConn Health), and House Bill 7156 (revisions to developmental services statutes). Several items
The Public Health Committee added four bills to its consent calendar after discussion: Senate Bill 1451 on home-health worker safety, House Bill 6977 regarding Department of Public Health drinking-water responsibilities, House Bill 7080 to fund a neuromodulation pilot for veterans at the University of Connecticut Health Center, and House Bill 7156 updating developmental-services statutes.
Senate Bill 1451 updates earlier home-care safety provisions and requires regular assessments, reporting of threats or abuse, and intake-information sharing among providers; it extends reporting requirements to threats from anyone, not only clients. Representative Martinez praised the bill and asked that future monthly trainings be more accessible via remote options for home-care nurses.
House Bill 6977 requires the Department of…
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