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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5544
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 169
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. YACCARINO, 87th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING PAIN CONTRACTS PRIOR TO PRESCRIBING
OPIOIDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require a physician to enter 1
into a pain contract with his or her patient prior to prescribing opioids 2
to such patient. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To require the establishment of pain contracts.