Connecticut § 19a-491h Annual report by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies re incidences of client abuse of staff member and actions taken by the agency to ensure safety of staff member. Annual report by commissioner.

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§ 19a-491h — Annual report by home health care agencies and home health aide agencies re incidences of client abuse of staff member and actions taken by the agency to ensure safety of staff member. Annual report by commissioner.

Connecticut·Title 19a Public Health and Well-Being·Ch. 368v Health Care Institutions

(a)Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each home health care agency and home health aide agency, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490, except any such agency that is licensed as a hospice organization by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-122b, shall report, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health, each instance of verbal abuse that is perceived as a threat or danger by a staff member of such agency, physical abuse, sexual abuse or any other abuse by an agency client against a staff member of such agency and the actions taken by the agency to ensure the safety of the staff member.

(b)Not later than March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of secti

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(a) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each home health care agency and home health aide agency, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490, except any such agency that is licensed as a hospice organization by the Department of Public Health pursuant to section 19a-122b, shall report, in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health, each instance of verbal abuse that is perceived as a threat or danger by a staff member of such agency, physical abuse, sexual abuse or any other abuse by an agency client against a staff member of such agency and the actions taken by the agency to ensure the safety of the staff member. (b) Not later than March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health regarding the number of reports received pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and the actions taken to ensure the safety of the staff member about whom the report was made.

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