H7820

	2020 -- H 7820
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEDICAL CARE

	Introduced By: Representatives Quattrocchi, Filippi, Nardone, Roberts, and Place
	Date Introduced: February 26, 2020
	Referred To: House Health, Education & Welfare
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 23-1 of the General Laws entitled "Department of Health" is hereby
2	amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	23-1-2.1. Medical treatment for home-bound elderly residents.
4	The director of the department of health shall develop and administer a program of on-call
5	physicians, for each of the state's five (5) counties, who are available to perform in-house visits to
6	examine and treat sick elderly residents, over the age of sixty-five (65), who are unable to travel to
7	a doctor's office on their own, without assistance.
8	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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	EXPLANATION
	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
	OF
	A N A C T
	RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEDICAL CARE
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1	This act would require the director of the department of health to develop and administer a
2	program of on-call physicians to make home visits to elderly residents unable to travel to the
3	doctor's office without assistance.
4	This act would take effect upon passage.
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