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Substitute House Bill No. 6733

Public Act No. 23-31 18 of 74

[(i)] (k) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish levels of acceptable proficiency to be demonstrated in testing programs approved by the department for those laboratory tests which are not performed in a licensed clinical laboratory. Such levels of acceptable proficiency shall be determined on the basis of the volume or the complexity of the examinations performed. Sec. 10. Section 12-704i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage and applicable to taxable years commencing on or after January 1, 2022): A taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the tax imposed under this chapter, other than the liability imposed by section 12-707, in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars for the [birth of a stillborn child] delivery of a fetus born dead for which a fetal death certificate has been filed, provided such child would have been a dependent on such taxpayer's federal income tax return. The credit shall be allowed for the taxable year for which a [stillbirth certificate is issued by the State Vital Records Office of the Department of Public Health] fetal death occurred. Sec. 11. Subsection (b) of section 19a-7o of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): (b) A primary care provider shall offer to provide to, or order for, each patient [who was born between 1945 to 1965, inclusive,] eighteen years of age and older, and each pregnant woman a hepatitis C screening test or hepatitis C diagnostic test at the time the primary care provider provides services to such patient, except a primary care provider is not required to offer to provide to, or order for, such patient a hepatitis C screening test or hepatitis C diagnostic test when the primary care provider reasonably believes: (1) Such patient is being treated for a life-threatening emergency; (2) such patient has previously