General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5778 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 968 *00968* Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist. REP. COOK, 65th Dist. General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5778 January Session, 2015 LCO No. 968 *00968* Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW Introduced by: REP. CONROY, 105th Dist. REP. SAYERS, 60th Dist. REP. COOK, 65th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING PARTICIPATION IN THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That section 21a-317 of the general statutes be amended to require every practitioner who distributes, administers or dispenses any controlled substance or who proposes to engage in distributing, prescribing, administering or dispensing any controlled substance within this state to utilize the electronic prescription drug monitoring program established pursuant to subsection (j) of section 21a-254 of the general statutes. Statement of Purpose: To prevent improper use of controlled substances.