Connecticut patient-designated caregiver discharge rights
Connecticut law gives hospital patients a route to designate a caregiver and requires discharge-related notice and instruction duties.
Connecticut · Effective · Effective Oct 1, 2015
What it is
- What changed
- Connecticut's patient-designated caregiver law requires hospitals to give patients an opportunity to identify a caregiver and connects that caregiver to discharge notice and after-care instruction duties.
- Why it matters
- This is another state model for explaining caregiver access at discharge, which is often when families first discover they are responsible for complex care tasks at home.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, Care providers and plans, People receiving carehospital patients returning home, family caregivers, designated caregivers, discharge planners, hospitals
- What it does
- Gives people a right or protection; Limits or bans a practice, or narrows eligibility
- Identifiers
- SB 290 (session 2015) · PA 15-32
Sources
Last reviewed Jun 18, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.