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| 1 | 1 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 332 | |
| 2 | 2 | January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1822 | |
| 3 | 3 | *01822* | |
| 4 | 4 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 5 | 5 | Introduced by: | |
| 6 | 6 | SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. | |
| 7 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 8 | General Assembly | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Proposed Bill No. 332 | |
| 11 | 11 | ||
| 12 | 12 | January Session, 2017 | |
| 13 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | LCO No. 1822 | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | *01822* | |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 18 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
| 19 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 20 | Introduced by: | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist. | |
| 23 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 24 | AN ACT CONCERNING CONFINEMENT OF DRUG OVERDOSE VICTIMS IN A HOSPITAL FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES. | |
| 25 | 25 | ||
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
| 27 | 27 | ||
| 28 | 28 | That section 17a-502 of the general statutes be amended to include accidental drug overdose as evidence a physician may consider when determining whether a person has a psychiatric disability and is a danger to himself or herself for purposes of confinement in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities under an emergency certificate. | |
| 29 | 29 | ||
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 32 | To allow physicians to hold a drug overdose victim in a hospital for psychiatric disabilities under an emergency certificate for being a threat to himself or herself. |