General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 248

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 1720

 

*01720*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KELLY, 21st Dist.

 

AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF HOME HEALTH CARE FOR THE ELDERLY.

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 the Commissioner of Public Health to develop a plan to increase by the year 2020, to not less than seventy-five per cent, the percentage of elderly requiring health care who receive such health care in a home setting.

Statement of Purpose:

To expand the use of home health care for the elderly.