General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 332
January Session, 2017 LCO No. 1822
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 332
January Session, 2017
LCO No. 1822
*01822*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING CONFINEMENT OF DRUG OVERDOSE VICTIMS IN A HOSPITAL FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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.
Statement of Purpose:
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.