Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-490pp: Provision of reproductive health care services by emergency departments. Prohibition on discrimination in provision of emergency care. Compliance with federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Policies and procedures. Investigations and disciplinary action.

(a)(1) In cases in which there is a serious risk to a patient's life or health, each emergency department of a hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall include as part of the care required of such emergency departments the reproductive health care services related to complications of pregnancy that are legal in this state and necessary to treat the patient, including, but not limited to, services related to miscarriage management and treatment for ectopic pregnancies.

(2) When providing emergency care, no such emergency department or health care provider providing care at such emergency department shall discriminate against a patient based upon the following factors or categories: The person's ethnicity, citizenship, age, preexisting medical condition, insurance status, economic status, ability to pay for medical services, sex, race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, primary language or immigration status. It shall not be discrimination for a health care provider providing care at an emergency department to consider any such factor or category if the health care provider believes that such factor or category is medically significant to the provision of appropriate medical care to the patient.

(b) Each emergency department of a hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter shall meet the requirements of (1) the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, 42 USC 1395dd, as amended from time to time, including, but not limited to, any federal regulations adopted pursuant to said act governing the transfer of patients by emergency departments, the capabilities of emergency departments and on-call professional staff of emergency departments, or (2) any regulations of Connecticut state agencies adopted pursuant to section 19a-131o.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to impact accepted medical standards of care.

(d) Each hospital licensed pursuant to this chapter that provides emergency care shall (1) adopt policies and procedures to implement the provisions of this section, and (2) make such policies and procedures available to the Department of Public Health upon request.

(e) The Commissioner of Public Health may investigate each alleged violation of this section or section 19a-131o unless the commissioner concludes that the allegation does not include facts requiring further investigation or is otherwise unmeritorious.

(f) The Commissioner of Public Health may take any action authorized by sections 19a-494 and 19a-494a against a hospital, or authorized by section 19a-17 against a licensed health provider, for a violation of this section or section 19a-131o.