General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5102
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 250
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5102
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 250
*00250*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE PRESCRIBING OF OPIATES TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-FIVE IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That title 21a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the prescribing of opiates to any person under the age of twenty-five, except when opiates are to be administered to such person solely during inpatient treatment within a hospital.
Statement of Purpose:
To prevent the prescribing of opiates to certain persons in certain situations.