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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5238
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 597
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. LANOUE, 45th Dist.
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LIMIT ON THE VALUE OF GIFTS
PHYSICIANS MAY ACCEPT FROM DRUG MANUFACTURERS AND
WHOLESALERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit any physician 1
licensed under chapter 370 of the general statutes, or any member of 2
the physician's family, from accepting anything of value in excess of 3
ten dollars, except drug samples, from a manufacturer or wholesaler of 4
drugs, or any representative of such manufacturer or wholesaler. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To establish a limit on the value of gifts physicians and their families
may accept from manufacturers and wholesalers of drugs.