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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5909
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1925
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.
AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require (1) licensed 1
pharmacists to dispense naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid 2
antagonist approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration 3
without a patient-specific prescription for the treatment or prevention 4
of an opioid-related drug overdose to any individual, including a 5
family member or any other individual capable of assisting a person at 6
risk of an opioid-related drug overdose, and (2) all pharmacies in the 7
state to maintain a continuous and sufficient supply of naloxone 8
hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist approved by the federal 9
Food and Drug Administration to meet the need of the community. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To allow public access to opioid antagonists without a prescription
when a person is at risk of an opioid-related drug overdose.