2023 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being
Chapter 368v - Health Care Institutions
Section 19a-490u. - Training in symptoms of dementia and implicit bias for hospital direct care staff.
(a) Each hospital, as defined in section 19a-490, shall include training in the symptoms of dementia as part of such hospital's regularly provided training to staff members who provide direct care to patients.
(b) On and after October 1, 2021, each hospital shall include training in implicit bias as part of such hospital's regularly provided training to staff members who provide direct care to women who are pregnant or in the postpartum period. As used in this subsection, “implicit bias” means an attitude or internalized stereotype that affects a person's perceptions, actions and decisions in an unconscious manner and often contributes to unequal treatment of a person based on such person's race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability or other characteristic.
(P.A. 15-129, S. 1; P.A. 21-35, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 15-129 effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 21-35 designated existing provision re training in symptoms of dementia as Subsec. (a) and amended same by replacing “On or after October 1, 2015, each” with “Each” and making technical changes, and added Subsec. (b) re implicit bias training, effective June 14, 2021.
