AN ACT CONCERNING INVOLUNTARY SHOCK THERAPY.


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5298*
*January Session, 2013*		LCO No. 395

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. NAFIS, 27th Dist. SEN. DOYLE, 9th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INVOLUNTARY SHOCK THERAPY.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 17a-543 of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the administration of shock therapy without the patient's written informed consent.

Statement of Purpose:

To prohibit the administration of shock therapy without the permission of the individual patient.