Connecticut 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05755 Compare Versions

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1		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5755
2		-	January Session, 2017 _____HB05755PH____030717____
	1	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5755
	2	+	January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4377
	3	+	04377HB05755PH_
	4	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
	5	+	Introduced by:
	6	+	(PH)
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4	8		General Assembly
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6		-	~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 5755
	10	+	Committee Bill No. 5755
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8	12		January Session, 2017
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10		-	_____HB05755PH____030717____
	14	+	LCO No. 4377
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	16	+	04377HB05755PH_
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	18	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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	20	+	Introduced by:
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	22	+	(PH)
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12	24		AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES' LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLAN.
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14	26		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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16	28		Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 17a-714a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
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18		-	(e) Not later than October 1, 2016, each municipality shall amend its local emergency medical services plan, as described in section 19a-181b, to ensure that [the emergency responder] at least one emergency medical services provider, as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies pertaining to emergency medical services, who is likely to be the first person to arrive on the scene of a medical emergency ~~in the municipality~~, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj, or a resident state trooper, [who is likely to be the first person to arrive on the scene of a medical emergency in the municipality] is equipped with an opioid antagonist and such person has received training, approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, in the administration of an opioid [antagonists] antagonist.
	30	+	(e) Not later than October 1, 2016, each municipality shall amend its local emergency medical services plan, as described in section 19a-181b, to ensure that [the emergency responder] at least one emergency medical services provider, as defined in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies pertaining to emergency medical services, who is likely to be the first person to arrive on the scene of a medical emergency, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj, or a resident state trooper, [who is likely to be the first person to arrive on the scene of a medical emergency in the municipality] is equipped with an opioid antagonist and such person has received training, approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, in the administration of an opioid [antagonists] antagonist.
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23	35		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
24	36		Section 1 October 1, 2017 17a-714a(e)
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26	38		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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28	40		Section 1
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30	42		October 1, 2017
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32	44		17a-714a(e)
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	46	+	Statement of Purpose:
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	48	+	To clarify the minimum number of emergency medical services providers required to carry an opioid antagonist pursuant to a municipality's local emergency medical services plan and to align terminology with the terminology in the relevant section of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.
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	50	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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36		-	PH Joint Favorable Subst.
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38		-	PH
	54	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. PERILLO, 113th Dist.
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40		-	Joint Favorable Subst.
	56	+	Co-Sponsors:
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	58	+	REP. PERILLO, 113th Dist.
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	60	+	H.B. 5755