Section 19a-490dd - Health care facilities to consider technical standards for accessibility(a) As used in this section: (1) "Health care facility" means a hospital or an outpatient clinic, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490 of the general statutes, a long-term care facility, as defined in section 17a-405 of the general statutes, and a hospice facility, licensed pursuant to section 19a-122b of the general statutes; and (2) "medical diagnostic equipment" means (A) an examination table, (B) an examination chair, (D) mammography equipment, and (E) x-ray, imaging and other radiological diagnostic equipment.(b) On and after January 1, 2023, each health care facility shall take into consideration the technical standards for accessibility developed by the federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in accordance with Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time, when purchasing medical diagnostic equipment.(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Public Health shall notify each health care facility, physician licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes, physician assistant licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes and advanced practice registered nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the general statutes, of information pertaining to the provision of health care to individuals with accessibility needs, including, but not limited to, the technical standards for accessibility developed by the federal Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board in accordance with Section 4203 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, P.L. 111-148, as amended from time to time, for medical diagnostic equipment. The Department of Public Health shall post such information on its Internet web site.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490dd
Added by P.A. 22-0058,S. 73 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2022 Regular Session, eff. 5/23/2022.