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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-44. (Formerly Sec. 19-15c). - Matching of birth and death certificates.

To protect the integrity of vital records and to prevent the fraudulent use of birth certificates of deceased persons, the Commissioner of Public Health and the local registrars of vital records are hereby authorized to match birth and death certificates and to post the facts of death to the appropriate birth certificate. Copies issued from birth certificates marked deceased shall be similarly marked.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 13; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 04-255, S. 17.)
History: Sec. 19-15c transferred to Sec. 19a-44 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 04-255 authorized local registrars of vital records to match birth and death certificates.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-45. (Formerly Sec. 19-15d). - Transmittal of vital records to other states and the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(a) The Department of Public Health may, by agreement, transmit copies of vital records required by sections 7-42, 7-45, 7-46, 7-47b, 7-48, 7-50, 7-57, 7-60, 7-62b, 7-62c, 7-64, 7-65 and 19a-41 to 19a-45, inclusive, to offices of vital statistics outside this state when such records relate to residents of those jurisdictions or persons born in those jurisdictions. The agreement shall require that the copies be used for statistical and administrative purposes only and the agreement shall further provide for the retention and disposition of such copies. Copies received by the department from offices of vital statistics in other states shall be handled in the same manner as prescribed in this section.
(b) The Department of Public Health shall, by agreement, transmit to the United States Department of Health and Human Services information concerning individuals for whom a death certificate has been issued pursuant to section 7-62b. Such agreement may not include any restrictions on the use of the information, except that the agreement may provide that the information may only be used by a federal agency for purposes of ensuring that federal benefits or other payments are not erroneously paid to deceased individuals.
(P.A. 79-434, S. 15; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-18, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-163, S. 33; P.A. 09-232, S. 22.)
History: Sec. 19-15d transferred to Sec. 19a-45 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-18 added Subsec. (b) requiring department to transmit death certificate information to United States Department of Health and Human Services, effective May 2, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-163 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 09-232 deleted reference to Sec. 7-68.
See Sec. 7-36 for applicable definitions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-45a. - Memorandum of understanding between the Commissioners of Public Health and Social Services for improving public health services.

The Commissioners of Social Services and Public Health shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of improving public health service delivery and public health outcomes for low income populations through the sharing of available HUSKY Health program and Title V data, provided the sharing of such data: (1) Is directly related to the administration of the Medicaid state plan or any other applicable state plan administered by the Department of Social Services or the Department of Public Health; (2) is in accordance with federal and state law and regulations concerning the privacy, security, confidentiality and safeguarding of individually identifiable information contained in such data; (3) includes a detailed description of the intended public health service delivery and public health outcome goals that are achieved by the sharing of such data; and (4) the costs of compiling and transmitting any such data can be accomplished within the available resources of the Departments of Social Services and Public Health.
(P.A. 02-65, S. 1; P.A. 15-69, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 15-69 changed “Medicaid, HUSKY Plus, HUSKY Plan Part B,” to “HUSKY Health program”, effective June 19, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-45b. - Medical home pilot program.

On or after January 1, 2007, and within any available federal or private funds, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, may establish a medical home pilot program in one region of the state to be determined by the Commissioner of Public Health in order to enhance health outcomes for children, including children with special health care needs, by ensuring that each child has a primary care physician who will provide continuous comprehensive health care for such child. The Commissioner of Public Health may solicit and accept private funds to implement such pilot program.
(P.A. 06-188, S. 47; P.A. 10-179, S. 70; P.A. 11-25, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 06-188 effective May 26, 2006; P.A. 10-179 replaced provision requiring Commissioner of Public Health to consult with Medicaid managed care organizations with provision requiring said commissioner to consult with Commissioner of Social Services, effective July 1, 2010; P.A. 11-25 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-45c. - Evaluation and report required re medical home pilot program.

Not later than one year following the establishment of the medical home pilot program under section 19a-45b, the Commissioner of Public Health, shall evaluate such pilot program to ascertain specific improved health outcomes and any cost efficiencies achieved. Not later than thirty days following such evaluation, the Commissioner of Public Health shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies on the evaluation of such pilot program.
(P.A. 06-188, S. 48.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-46. (Formerly Sec. 19-17). - Expert examinations and inspections.

Said department may, from time to time, engage suitable persons to render sanitary service and to make or supervise practical and scientific investigations and examinations requiring expert skill and to prepare plans and reports relative thereto. All officers, persons, corporations or agents, having the control, charge or custody of any public structure, work, ground or erection, or of any plan, description, outlines, drawings or charts thereof, or relating thereto, made, kept or controlled under any public authority, shall permit and facilitate the examination and inspection and the making of copies of the same by any person authorized by said department; and the members of said department and such persons as are authorized by said department may, without fee or hindrance, enter, examine and survey all such grounds, erections, vehicles, structures, apartments, buildings and places.
(1949 Rev., S. 3810.)
History: Sec. 19-17 transferred to Sec. 19a-46 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-48. (Formerly Sec. 19-19). - Care for children with cerebral palsy.

The Department of Public Health shall furnish services for children who have cerebral palsy or who are suffering from conditions which lead to cerebral palsy, such services to include the locating of such children, the providing of medical, surgical, corrective and allied services and care, and the providing of facilities for hospitalization and aftercare. Said department shall also provide for the training of personnel for research in causes, prevention and treatment of cerebral palsy in children.
(November, 1949, S. 2040d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-19 transferred to Sec. 19a-48 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-49. (Formerly Sec. 19-19a). - Services for persons with cystic fibrosis.

The Department of Public Health shall establish and administer a program of services for children and adults suffering from cystic fibrosis, and for such purpose shall have the same powers as are conferred on it by section 19a-50.
(1961, P.A. 552, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 865; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 15-109, S. 3.)
History: 1967 act added services for adults; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-19a transferred to Sec. 19a-49 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 15-109 deleted reference to crippled children.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-51. (Formerly Sec. 19-20a). - Pediatric Cardiac Patient Care Fund.

There shall be a Pediatric Cardiac Patient Care Fund to be administered by the Department of Public Health and to be used exclusively for medical, surgical, preoperative and postoperative care and hospitalization of children, residents of this state, who are or may be patients of approved cardiac centers in this state.
(1963, P.A. 572, S. 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-20a transferred to Sec. 19a-51 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-52. (Formerly Sec. 19-20b). - Purchase of equipment for children with physical disabilities or cardiac defects.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department of Public Health or the department's contractor, in carrying out its powers and duties under section 19a-50, may, within available appropriations, purchase medically necessary and appropriate durable medical equipment and other department approved goods and services. Such goods and services shall be identical to goods and services that are covered under the Connecticut Medicaid and HUSKY Programs administered by the Department of Social Services and the payment for such goods and services shall not exceed the Connecticut Medicaid payment rate for the same goods and services.
(P.A. 78-7, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-197, S. 1; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 17-146, S. 12; 17-202, S. 73.)
History: Sec. 19-20b transferred to Sec. 19a-52 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-197 increased maximum for purchase without a purchase order from $3,500 to $6,500 per unit; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 17-146 added “and the department's contractors” re carrying out powers and duties, and replaced provisions re purchases and bids with provisions re purchase of medically necessary and appropriate durable medical equipment and other goods and services and payment for goods and services; P.A. 17-202 added “or the department's contractor” re carrying out powers and duties, and replaced provisions re purchases and bids with provisions re purchase of medically necessary and appropriate durable medical equipment and other goods and services and payment for goods and services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-54. (Formerly Sec. 19-21a). - Registration of children with special health care needs.

Each institution supported in whole or in part by the state shall report to the Department of Public Health, on a form prescribed by said department, the name and address of each child under twenty-one years of age with special health care needs for whom an application is made for admission, whether such child is admitted or rejected.
(1949 Rev., S. 2637; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 17-202, S. 68.)
History: Sec. 17-47 transferred to Sec. 19-21a in 1968; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-21a transferred to Sec. 19a-54 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 17-202 replaced “who is physically handicapped” with “with special health care needs” and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-54a. - Registry of data on infants exposed to AIDS medication.

Section 19a-54a is repealed, effective October 1, 2016.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 32, 72; P.A. 16-87, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-55a. - Newborn screening account.

Section 19a-55a is repealed, effective July 1, 2018.
(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 4; P.A. 06-188, S. 20; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 678, 728.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-55b. - Information on newborn infant safe sleep practices.

Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, through its maternity program, shall provide the parent or parents or the legal guardian of a newborn infant with written informational materials containing the American Academy of Pediatrics' recommendations concerning safe sleep practices at the time of such infant's discharge from the hospital.
(P.A. 15-39, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-56. (Formerly Sec. 19-21c). - Program for prevention of erythroblastosis.

Section 19a-56 is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 734, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 90-13, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-56a and 19a-56b. (Formerly Secs. 10a-132b and 10a-132d). - Birth defects surveillance program; collection of birth defects data; advisory committee. Confidentiality of birth defects information; access.

Sections 19a-56a and 19a-56b are repealed, effective October 1, 2016.
(P.A. 88-286, S. 1, 4; P.A. 89-340, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-250, S. 6, 7, 39; P.A. 16-66, S. 53.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-57. (Formerly Sec. 19-21d). - Loans for purchase of hemodialysis treatment machines.

Section 19a-57 is repealed, effective October 1, 2016.
(P.A. 73-447, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 16-66, S. 53.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-58. (Formerly Sec. 19-21e). - Pamphlet concerning hearing impairments in infants.

Section 19a-58 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 79-287; P.A. 80-483, S. 78, 186; P.A. 81-205, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 00-27, S. 9, 24; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59. - Program to identify infants who are hard of hearing.

(a) Each institution, as defined in section 19a-490, that provides childbirth service shall, not later than July 1, 2000, include a universal newborn hearing screening program as part of its standard of care and shall establish a mechanism for compliance review. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any infant whose parents object to hearing screening as being in conflict with their religious tenets and practice.
(b) The Department of Public Health shall establish a plan to implement and operate a program of early identification of infants who are hard of hearing. The purpose of such plan shall be to: (1) Identify infants at high risk of having hearing impairments; (2) notify parents of such infants of the risk; (3) inform parents of resources available to them for further testing and treatment, including rehabilitation services for such infants; and (4) inform parents of financial assistance available through the Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, parental eligibility criteria, which may result in reduced cost or no cost to parents for testing, evaluation or treatment, including rehabilitation of such infants. The department shall develop such plan in consultation with persons including, but not limited to, pediatricians, otolaryngologists, audiologists, educators and parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 81-205, S. 2, 3; P.A. 82-472, S. 61, 183; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 9, 88; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 36, 72; P.A. 00-27, S. 10, 24; P.A. 17-202, S. 69, 74.)
History: P.A. 82-472 made technical changes; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 added new Subsecs. (a) and (c) re newborn hearing screening, designating existing Subsecs. (a) and (b) as Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “1999” with “2000”, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-27 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective May 1, 2000; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “infant hearing impairment” with “infants who are hard of hearing”, and replace reference to deaf and hearing impaired children with reference to children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59a. - Low protein modified food products and amino acid modified preparations for inherited metabolic disease. Prescription required. Purchase by department.

(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Inherited metabolic disease” means a disease for which newborn screening is required under section 19a-55.
(2) “Low protein modified food product” means a product formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving and intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.
(3) “Amino acid modified preparation” means a product intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.
(b) Amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products for the treatment of inherited metabolic disease shall be dispensed only upon the prescription of an individual authorized to prescribe drugs within this state.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department of Public Health, in carrying out its powers and duties under this section, may, within available appropriations, purchase prescribed special infant formula, amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products directly and without the issuance of a purchase order.
(P.A. 82-355, S. 7, 8; P.A. 88-286, S. 3, 4; P.A. 94-174, S. 9, 12; 94-197, S. 2–4; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-167, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-286 replaced “phenyl-free and Lofenolac formulas” with “amino acid preparations for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism, for use by infants, children or pregnant women”; P.A. 94-174 and 94-197 applied section to protein modified foods and defined the term, effective June 6, 1994; P.A. 94-197 further amended Subsec. (a) to replace physician with any individual authorized to prescribe and added new Subsec. (b) authorizing department's purchase of special infant formula and medical foods without a purchase order; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-167 added new Subsec. (a) expanding definitions and redesignated and modified former Subsecs. (a) and (b) accordingly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59c. - Administration of federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children in the state.

The Department of Public Health is authorized to administer the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children in the state, in accordance with federal law and regulations. The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, necessary to administer the program.
(P.A. 88-172, S. 5; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 07-252, S. 84; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 158; P.A. 17-146, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 07-252 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) establishing a Women, Infants and Children Advisory Council; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing “Commission on Children” with “Commission on Women, Children and Seniors”, effective July 1, 2016; P.A. 17-146 deleted Subsec. (b) re advisory council and deleted Subsec. (a) designator.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59d. - Penalties for violations of regulations for the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children.

The Commissioner of Public Health may, in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 19a-59c, impose a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars, or disqualify from participation in the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children, or both, any vendor who engages in conduct in violation of said regulations.
(P.A. 93-110, S. 1, 5; 93-381, S. 9, 39; 93-435, S. 59, 95; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-110 effective October 1, 1993 (Revisor's note: Pursuant to P.A. 93-381 and P.A. 93-435 commissioner of health services was changed editorially by the Revisors to commissioner of public health and addiction services); P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59e. - Media campaign for the reduction of adolescent pregnancies.

Section 19a-59e is repealed, effective October 1, 2018.
(P.A. 95-227, S. 1, 2; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 56, 88; P.A. 18-168, S. 85.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59g. - Programs and services for pregnant women to reduce incidence of low birth weight among infants.

The Department of Public Health, within available appropriations and in consultation with the Departments of Social Services and Education, shall seek to reduce the incidence of low birth weight among infants and reduce the cost to the state from unnecessary hospitalizations of such infants by (1) maximizing coenrollment in the federal Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children and Medicaid for all eligible women; (2) encouraging tobacco cessation programs targeted to pregnant women; and (3) promoting the use of the centering pregnancy model of prenatal care. The department may recover the costs of implementing the provisions of this section through funds available from the Tobacco and Health Trust Fund established under section 4-28f and the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Emergency Fund.
(P.A. 10-133, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 10-133 effective June 8, 2010.
See Sec. 4-165c re immunity of the state and its officials, employees and agents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-59h. - Maternal mortality review program. Confidentiality of information.

(a) As used in this section and section 19a-59i, “maternal death” means the death of a woman while pregnant or not later than one year after the date on which the woman ceases to be pregnant, regardless of whether the woman's death is related to her pregnancy, and “department” means the Department of Public Health.
(b) There is established, within the department, a maternal mortality review program. The program shall be responsible for identifying maternal death cases in Connecticut and reviewing medical records and other relevant data related to each maternal death case, including, but not limited to, information collected from death and birth records, files from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and physician office and hospital records.
(c) Licensed health care providers, health care facilities and pharmacies shall provide the maternal mortality review program, established under this section with reasonable access to all relevant medical records associated with a maternal death case under review by the program.
(d) A hospital shall provide the department with access, including remote access, to the entirety of a patient's medical record, as the department deems necessary, to review case information related to a maternal death case under review by the program. Such remote access shall be provided on or before October 1, 2022, if technically feasible. All personal information obtained from the medical record shall not be divulged to anyone and shall be held strictly confidential pursuant to section 19a-25 by the department.
(e) All information obtained by the department for the maternal mortality review program shall be confidential pursuant to section 19a-25.
(f) Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this section, the department may provide the maternal mortality review committee, established pursuant to section 19a-59i, with information as is necessary, in the department's discretion, for the committee to make recommendations regarding the prevention of maternal death.
(P.A. 18-150, S. 2; P.A. 21-121, S. 81.)
History: P.A. 21-121 added new Subsec. (d) re remote access to medical records, redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as Subsecs. (e) and (f) and made a conforming change in Subsec. (f).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-60. (Formerly Sec. 19-22). - Dental services for children.

The Department of Public Health may, on request, furnish dental services for children in areas of the state where adequate dental service is unavailable. Such dental service shall be furnished free of charge to all children where the cost of necessary service would be a financial hardship to their parents. Such dental service may be furnished to children of parents who are financially able to pay part or all of the cost of dental services received by their children. Said department is authorized to charge for dental service in such cases, but in no case more than the actual cost of such service and materials.
(1949 Rev., S. 3827; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-22 transferred to Sec. 19a-60 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-60a. - Dental services for children of low-income families.

The Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Social Services and the chief executive officer of The University of Connecticut Health Center, shall establish a pilot program for the delivery of dental services to children of low-income families in two regions of the state. Such program shall provide for the design and implementation of a model integrated system of children's dental care in such regions, including dental disease prevention and service intervention components, and shall provide for measurable outcomes.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2, S. 2, 53.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 00-2 effective July 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-61. (Formerly Sec. 19-22b). - Services for children suffering from diabetes.

The Department of Public Health shall establish and administer a program of services for children suffering from diabetes. Diabetic centers for children shall be geographically located so as to conveniently serve the population of the state. Such centers shall provide medical evaluations for the children and counseling and education concerning the disease for the children and their families, or other such services as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The staff of each center may include, but shall not be limited to, a nurse practitioner, dietitian, physician and social case worker.
(P.A. 78-196, S. 1, 2, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: Sec. 19-22b transferred to Sec. 19a-61 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-62. (Formerly Sec. 19-22c). - Services for children suffering from cancer.

The health center of The University of Connecticut at Farmington shall establish and administer a program of services for children suffering from cancer. Such center shall provide medical evaluations for such children, counseling and education concerning the disease for the children and their families, and such other services as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The staff of the center may include, but shall not be limited to, a nurse practitioner, a dietitian, a physician and a social case worker.
(P.A. 79-465, S. 1, 2.)
History: Sec. 19-22c transferred to Sec. 19a-62 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-62a. - Asthma monitoring system. Posting of activities of system on department's Internet web site.

(a) The Commissioner of Public Health shall maintain a system of monitoring asthma screening information reported to the Department of Public Health pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10-206.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2021, and triennially thereafter, the Department of Public Health shall post on its Internet web site the activities of the asthma screening monitoring system maintained under subsection (a) of this section, including a report of the information obtained by the department pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10-206.
(P.A. 00-216, S. 8, 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 42; P.A. 06-164, S. 4; P.A. 18-168, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 00-216 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 designated existing Subsec. (a) as Subsec. (a)(1) and existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (a)(2), making a technical change therein, added new Subsec. (b) re asthma monitoring system, added Subsec. (c) re state-wide asthma plan and model case definition and added Subsec. (d) re annual report; P.A. 06-164 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to substitute “Nurturing Families Network” for “Healthy Families”, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 18-168 deleted Subsec. (a) re pediatric asthma pilot program, redesignated Subsec. (b) re system of monitoring asthma as Subsec. (a) and amended same to delete provisions re information to be included in system and add provision re monitoring screening information reported to department pursuant to Sec. 10-206, deleted Subsec. (c) re state-wide asthma plan and deleted Subsec. (d) re report on status and results of monitoring system, and added new Subsec. (b) re department to post on Internet web site activities of monitoring system.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-63 to 19a-67. (Formerly Secs. 19-23a to 19-23e). - Diagnostic x-ray systems; regulatory authority; definition. Prevention of excess x-ray exposure; regulations. Compliance with regulations. Advisory board. Exemption from regulation.

Sections 19a-63 to 19a-67, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 78-239, S. 1, 3–6, 8; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 93-249, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-68. (Formerly Sec. 19-26). - Detention of persons affected with communicable disease or radioactive material.

Section 19a-68 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3805; 1955, S. 2036d; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 84-336, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-69. (Formerly Sec. 19-27). - Distribution of biologic products.

In order to protect the public health of the citizens of the state and to assist in the enforcement of, and compliance with, day care center and school immunization regulations, the Department of Public Health may procure and distribute vaccine or other biologic products to town, city and borough directors of health and to health care providers for administration as determined by the department.
(1949 Rev., S. 3832; 1955, S. 2046d; 1957, P.A. 151, S. 1; P.A. 87-111; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: Sec. 19-27 transferred to Sec. 19a-69 in 1983; P.A. 87-111 clarified the department's authority to distribute biologic products as determined necessary; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-70. (Formerly Sec. 19-28). - Priority of distribution in emergency.

If the Department of Public Health finds that there is an epidemic of any disease within the state and that antitoxin or other biologic product is in short supply, the commissioner shall notify the Governor, who may proclaim that an emergency exists. On such declaration, the Governor shall appoint an advisory committee, consisting of the Commissioner of Public Health and such five other persons as the Governor deems advisable. The committee shall recommend to the Department of Public Health the priority of the supply, distribution and use of such biologic products in the interest of the health, welfare and safety of the people of the state. The Department of Public Health, after receiving the recommendations of the committee, is authorized to make regulations determining the priority of supply, distribution and use of such biologic product. Violation of any such regulation on the part of any physician or pharmacist shall be cause for the revocation, suspension or annulment of a license or certificate of registration or other disciplinary action in accordance with sections 20-13a to 20-13e, inclusive, or section 20-45, 20-576 or 20-579.
(1955, S. 2047d; 1957, P.A. 151, S. 2; P.A. 76-276, S. 17, 22; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-264, S. 47; P.A. 08-184, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 76-276 added reference to Secs. 20-13a to 20-13i; P.A. 77-614 replaced department and commissioner of health with department and commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-28 transferred to Sec. 19a-70 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-264 provided that discipline for violations of regulations shall be in accordance with Secs. 20-45, 20-576 and 20-579; P.A. 08-184 replaced “20-13i” with “20-13e”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-71. (Formerly Sec. 19-29). - Observation and treatment of certain typhoid germ carriers.

Section 19a-71 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(1949 Rev., S. 3834; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-73. (Formerly Sec. 19-29b). - Occupational history of cancer patients in hospital medical records. Regulations.

Section 19a-73 is repealed, effective October 1, 2014.
(P.A. 80-143, S. 2, 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 01-195, S. 138, 181; P.A. 14-231, S. 72.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-73a. - Establishment of comprehensive cancer plan for state.

The Department of Public Health shall, within available appropriations, establish a comprehensive cancer plan for the state of Connecticut. Such plan shall provide for (1) creation of a state-wide smoking cessation program targeting Medicaid recipients, (2) development and implementation of a program to encourage colorectal screenings for state residents, (3) development and implementation of a state-wide clinical trials network, (4) identification of services for, and provision of assistance to, cancer survivors, and (5) identification of, and the provision of services to, organizations that offer educational programs on hospice or palliative care.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 52.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-73b. - Funding sources for comprehensive cancer program.

The Department of Public Health may apply for and receive money from public and private sources and from the federal government for the purpose of funding, in whole or in part, a comprehensive cancer program. Any payment to the state as a settlement of a court action of which the proceeds may be used for health shall be deposited in an account designated for use by the department for comprehensive cancer initiatives.
(P.A. 06-195, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 06-195 effective July 1, 2006.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-74. (Formerly Sec. 19-30). - Cancer.

The Department of Public Health may make investigations concerning cancer, the prevention and treatment thereof and the mortality therefrom and take such action as it deems will assist in bringing about a reduction in the mortality due thereto.
(1949 Rev., S. 3835; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 19-30 transferred to Sec. 19a-74 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-74a. - Regulations re information on nicotine yield ratings for brands of tobacco products.

Section 19a-74a is repealed, effective June 11, 2014.
(P.A. 99-250, S. 2; P.A. 14-187, S. 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-75. (Formerly Sec. 19-30b). - State aid for health career educational programs.

Any state-aided hospital or nonprofit institution of higher learning which operates or intends to operate a school of nursing approved by the State Board of Examiners for Nursing or operates or intends to operate other health career educational programs may apply to the Department of Public Health or the Board of Regents for Higher Education, as the case may be, for funds to be used to establish or maintain such school or to support such programs. Said department or board shall, within available appropriations, grant such funds to any such hospital or institution of higher learning, provided the purposes for which such funds are to be used shall be approved by said department or board.
(1967, P.A. 618, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 693, S. 7; P.A. 77-573, S. 24, 30; 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 82-218, S. 37, 46; P.A. 84-241, S. 2, 5; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-48, S. 285.)
History: 1969 act included “other health career educational programs” in addition to nursing, which programs would be under commission for higher education re fund applications for program support; P.A. 77-573 replaced commission for higher education with board of higher education; P.A. 77-614 replaced department of health with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 82-218 reorganized system of higher education, replacing board of higher education with board of governors, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 19-30b transferred to Sec. 19a-75 in 1983; P.A. 84-241 added “of higher education” to board of governors' title; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-48, “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being › Chapter 368a - Department of Public Health › Section 19a-75a. - Child and adolescent psychiatrist grant program for recruitment, hiring and retention of child and adolescent psychiatrists. Report.

(a) On or before January 1, 2023, the Department of Public Health shall establish and administer a child and adolescent psychiatrist grant program. The program shall provide incentive grants to employers of child and adolescent psychiatrists for recruiting and hiring new child and adolescent psychiatrists and retaining child and adolescent psychiatrists who are in their employ. The Commissioner of Public Health shall establish eligibility requirements, priority categories, funding limitations and the application process for the grant program. Such priority categories shall include, but need not be limited to, nonhospital employers. The commissioner, in consultation with the Office of Health Strategy, shall distribute incentive grant funds equitably with regard to the type of employer and location of such employer.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the number and demographics of the employers who applied for and received incentive grants from the child and adolescent psychiatrist grant program established under subsection (a) of this section, the use of incentive grant funds by such recipients and any other information deemed pertinent by the commissioner.
(P.A. 22-47, S. 38.)
History: P.A. 22-47 effective May 23, 2022.