SB 960 — AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING.

Senate General Assembly RaisedFile Bill No.

960101 January Session, 2023 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

3352960 ReferredSenate, toMarch 16, 2023 The Committee on PUBLICPublic HEALTHHealth Introducedreported by:through SEN.

(PH)ANWAR ANof ACTthe ESTABLISHING3rd ADist., WORKINGChairperson GROUPof TOthe EVALUATECommittee EMERGENCYon DEPARTMENTthe CROWDING.part of the Senate, that the substitute bill ought to pass.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A WORKING GROUP TO EVALUATE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CROWDING.

(1) The establishment of a quality measure for the timeliness of the transfer of an emergency department patientpatient, who will be admitted to the hospitalhospital, out of the hospital's emergency department;

(3) (A) An evaluation of the percentage of emergency department patients who are held in the emergency department after being admitted to the hospital and while waiting for an inpatient bed to becomesSB960 available,/ andFile (B) the development of a plan to decrease such LCO No.

3352101 1 ofsSB960 3File RaisedNo. Bill No.960 percentage;

101 become available, and (B) the development of a plan to decrease such percentage;

(b) The working group convened pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shallmay include, but need not be limited to, the following members:

(2) two representativesemergency physicians licensed pursuant to chapter 370 of the general statutes, one of whom shall be the director of the emergency department of a larger hospital associationsystem in the state;state, and one of whom shall be the director of the emergency department of an independent community hospital;

(3) aone representativeprimary ofcare aphysician medicallicensed societypursuant into chapter 370 of the state;general statutes;

(4) atwo representativerepresentatives of a nationalhospital organizationassociation ofin physicians;the state;

(5) aone representative of the Connecticut chapter of a nationalmedical organizationsociety ofin pediatricthe physicians;state;

(6) aone representative of the Connecticut chapter of a national associationorganization of psychiatrists;physicians;

(7) aone representative of the Connecticut chapter of a national associationorganization of nurses;pediatric physicians;

(8) aone representative of the Connecticut chapter of a national association of retiredpsychiatrists; persons;

(9) theone Healthcarerepresentative Advocate,of ora thenational Healthcareassociation Advocate'sof designee;nurses;

and (10) two nurses licensed pursuant to chapter 378 of the Commissionergeneral statutes, one of Mentalwhom Healthshall be the nurse director of the emergency department in a larger hospital system, and Addictionone Services,of orwhom shall be the commissioner'snurse designee.director of the emergency department in an independent community hospital;(11) onelicensedhealthcare provider working in an urgent care center in the state;

(12) two patient care navigators, one of whom shall be employed by a larger hospital system, and one of whom shall be employed by an independent community hospital;

(13) one representative of hospital patients in the state;

(14)one provider of emergency medical transportation services in the state;

(15) one representative of a national association of retired persons;

(16) the Healthcare Advocate, or the Healthcare Advocate's designee;

(17) the sSB960 / File No.

101 2 sSB960 File No.

101 Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or the commissioner's designee;

(18) the Commissioner of Children and Families, or the commissioner's designee;

(19) one representative from the Department of Public Health's Office of Emergency Medical Services;

(20) one representative from the Department of Public Health's facilitieslicensing and investigations section;

and (21) one representative of the Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman.

Once selected, the chairpersons of the working group may convene the first meeting of the working group whether or not any other members of the working group identified in subdivisions (1) to (10),(21), inclusive, of this subsection have been selected by the Commissioner of Public Health.

LCO(c)Onor No.beforeJanuary 1,2024,andannuallythereafter untilJanuary 1, 2025, the working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Health and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health.

3352 2 of 3 Raised Bill No.

960 (c)Onor beforeJanuary 1,2024, andannuallythereafter untilJanuary 1, 2025, the working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Commissioner of Public Health and, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health.

Section 1 from passage New section StatementPH ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

TosSB960 establish/ aFile workingNo. group to evaluate emergency department crowding.

that101 when3 thesSB960 entireFile text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] LCO No.

3352101 3The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of 3the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.