Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00314 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/18/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 314
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 2726
 *02726*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 314 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 2726

*02726*

Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH 

Introduced by:

SEN. OSTEN, 19th Dist.

AN ACT ALLOWING NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS TO PRESCRIBE MEDICATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 20 of the general statutes be amended to allow naturopathic physicians to prescribe medication.

Statement of Purpose: 

To keep costs of medical treatment down and give flexibility to patients to seek care from a physician with whom they are comfortable.