Connecticut legislation · 2025 General Assembly
Connecticut HB6549: AN ACT AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRE
Status: Introduced, January 24, 2025
AN ACT AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF.
What the bill says
An act AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF. Assembly convened: That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to authorize hospitals to install a climate-controlled device on an exterior wall of an emergency department that includes (1) a bassinet, (2) an exterior door that automatically locks upon being closed, and (3) an alarm that sounds to alert hospital staff that such device has been used. Statement of Purpose: To prevent infant abandonment and provide.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT AUTHORIZING HOSPITALS TO INSTALL DEVICES ON AN EXTERIOR WALL OF AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TO FACILITATE THE VOLUNTARY SURRENDER OF INFANTS TO EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT STAFF. Assembly convened: That chapter 368v of the general statutes be amended to authorize hospitals to install a climate-controlled device on an exterior wall of an emergency department that includes (1) a bassinet, (2) an exterior door that automatically locks upon being closed, and (3) an alarm that sounds to alert hospital staff that such device has been used. Statement of Purpose: To prevent infant abandonment and provide a safe and legal option for parents in crisis to voluntarily surrender an infant to emergency department staff. LCO No. 2319 1 of
Sponsors
- Anne Dauphinais (R, 44) · primary sponsor
- Trenee McGee (D, 116)
- Ben McGorty (R, 122)