General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5666
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1078
*01078*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5666
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1078
*01078*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING WELLNESS CHECK-INS FOR PATIENTS WITH PRESCRIPTIONS FOR OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require patients who (1) have been prescribed an opioid antagonist, and (2) are recovering from addiction to opiates, to maintain wellness check-ins with their prescribing practitioner as part of their treatment for opiate addiction for a minimum of one year from the date of the original prescription.
Statement of Purpose:
To require wellness check-ins for patients with a prescription for an opioid antagonist and recovering from opiate addiction.