General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 331
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1827
*01827*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 331
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1827
*01827*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PERSONS WHO TEST POSITIVE FOR AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO ENTER A DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require any person who tests positive for an opioid antagonist or who a physician attests has used an opioid antagonists to enter a drug rehabilitation program.
Statement of Purpose:
To allow overdose reversal drugs to be a trigger for drug rehabilitation.