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General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5569

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 1026

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. URBAN, 43rd Dist.

 

AN ACT REQUIRING MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO PROVIDE NEW PATIENTS WITH A PSYCHOTHERAPY INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.

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

That title 17a of the general statutes be amended to require every mental health professional to provide each new patient with a psychotherapy information disclosure statement.

Statement of Purpose:

To provide greater clarity and accountability to patients contemplating mental health treatment.