Connecticut 2016 2016 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00005 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/02/2016

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5
February Session, 2016  LCO No. 60
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Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5 

February Session, 2016

LCO No. 60

*00060*

Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING 

Introduced by:

SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FEE ON THE MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, PRESCRIPTION AND DISPENSATION OF OPIOIDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 12 of the general statutes be amended to establish a fee on the manufacture, distribution, prescription and dispensation of opioids.

Statement of Purpose: 

To control the opioid epidemic by imposing a fee on the manufacture, distribution, prescription and dispensation thereof.