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Panel Considers SB295 to Expand Shield Protections for Telehealth Reproductive and Gender‑Affirming Care
Summary
Supporters urged lawmakers to broaden Connecticut's shield law to protect providers who offer reproductive and gender‑affirming care via telehealth to out‑of‑state patients; opponents raised constitutional and interstate‑comity concerns.
Lawmakers heard testimony on SB295, a proposal to expand Connecticut's existing reproductive‑care shield statute to protect clinicians who provide legally protected care by telehealth, and to add procedural protections (including limiting extradition and disclosure) for providers and patients.
Proponents included clinicians, reproductive‑rights organizations and legal experts. "Telehealth is the preferred method for many patients and a critical access point after Dobbs," said Quinn Meehan of Universal Healthcare Foundation, arguing the bill reduces legal…
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