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Section 19a-32n - Information and education re umbilical cord blood collection programs.

CT Gen Stat § 19a-32n (2019) (N/A)
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(a) 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.

(b) The Connecticut Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Board, established pursuant to section 19a-32q, shall, within available appropriations, engage in public education and marketing activities that promote and raise awareness among physicians and pregnant women of the umbilical cord blood collection program established pursuant to section 19a-32r.

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

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.

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