General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5381
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 716
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5381
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 716
*00716*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PAIN CONTRACTS PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require a physician to enter into a pain contract with his or her patient prior to prescribing opioids to such patient.
Statement of Purpose:
To require the establishment of pain contracts.