{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-491h","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 19a-491h","heading":"Annual report by home health care agencies, home health aide agencies and hospice agencies re incidences of abuse of staff member and actions taken by the agency to ensure safety of staff member. Annual report by commissioner.","body":"(a) Not later than January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each home health care agency, home health aide agency and hospice agency, as such terms are defined in section 19a-490, 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 or any other person against a staff member relating to such staff member's employment with such agency and the actions taken by the agency to ensure the safety of the staff member.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 19a. PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELL-BEING","CHAPTER 368v. HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_368v.htm#sec_19a-491h","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:23Z","sha256":"d76bfca40645983ebc04103319e56b61971850595a7d66ef6105181548fe16bb","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-491g","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-19a-491i"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}