Connecticut General Statutes/Title 19a/Chapter 368a/Section 19a-32n

CGS § 19a-32n. Information re umbilical cord blood collection programs.

A physician or other health care provider who provides health care services to a pregnant woman during the last trimester of her pregnancy, which health care services are directly related to her pregnancy, shall provide the woman with timely, relevant and appropriate information sufficient to allow her to make an informed and voluntary choice regarding options to bank or donate umbilical cord blood following the delivery of a newborn child.

Short History

(P.A. 09-232, S. 21; P.A. 11-160, S. 9; P.A. 23-204, S. 238.)

Long History

History: P.A. 09-232 effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 11-160 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board's public education and marketing activities, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 23-204 deleted former Subsec. (b) re Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board's public education and marketing activities and deleted Subsec. (a) designator, effective July 1, 2023.

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