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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5895
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2189
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. HALL, 59th Dist.
AN ACT ALLOWING A POLICE OFFICER TO TAKE CERTAIN
PERSONS INTO CUSTODY FOR AN EMERGENCY EXAMINATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 17a-503 of the general statutes be amended to permit a 1
police officer to take any person such officer has reasonable cause to 2
believe suffered from an overdose of an opioid drug that necessitates 3
emergency medical intervention, including, but not limited to, through 4
the successful administration of an opioid antagonist to such person, 5
into custody or to take or cause such person to be taken to a general 6
hospital for emergency examination, provided such person is not held 7
for more than seventy-two hours unless committed under an 8
emergency certificate. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To allow a police officer to take a person into custody when the officer
has reasonable cause to believe such person suffered from an opioid
drug overdose that necessitates emergency medical intervention.