General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5140
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 456
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICAL
INFORMATION OBTAINED DURING AN EYE EXAMINATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to require the inclusion in a
2 patient's medical record of all information obtained by a licensed vision
3 care specialist during an examination of the patient and the provision of
4 such information to the patient at the patient's request.
Statement of Purpose:
To enable patient access to medical information obtained during an
examination by a licensed vision care specialist.
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