General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5762
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1384
*01384*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5762
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1384
*01384*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. JOHNSON, 49th Dist.
AN ACT PROHIBITING SMOKING AT REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR ALCOHOL-DEPENDENT OR DRUG-DEPENDENT PERSONS ADMITTED TO SUCH PROGRAMS UPON THEIR RELEASE FROM A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit smoking at state-operated rehabilitation programs for alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent persons who are admitted into such a program upon their release from a correctional facility.
Statement of Purpose:
To eliminate the possibility of people becoming addicted to cigarettes when they are discharged from a correctional facility and admitted to an alcohol or drug rehabilitation program.