General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5755
January Session, 2017 *_____HB05755PH____030717____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5755
January Session, 2017
*_____HB05755PH____030717____*
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPALITIES' LOCAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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 Subsection (e) of section 17a-714a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(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.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 17a-714a(e)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
17a-714a(e)
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