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House approves bill requiring hospitals to offer HIPAA‑secure transmission of minor safety plans to schools
Summary
House passed a bill that requires hospitals to offer, with consent, HIPAA‑compliant transmission of safety plans for minors who are in‑patient 12+ days, establishes designated school designees to receive plans via the Connie health information exchange, and includes training and confidentiality safeguards.
The Connecticut House passed legislation aimed at improving communication between hospitals and schools for minors discharged from inpatient behavioral‑health care. Representative Biggins, the bill’s floor proponent, described a strike‑all amendment that requires providers to ask in‑patient minors (or parents for younger children) whether a hospital should transmit a safety plan to the student’s…
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