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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6131
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1964
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
REP. HORN, 64th Dist.
REP. SCANLON, 98th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION TO A TREATMENT
FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL TRIAGE OR TO A HOSPITAL
AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require emergency medical 1
services providers to transport any individual to a treatment facility 2
which provides medical triage in accordance with regulations adopted 3
pursuant to section 19a-495 of the general statutes or to a hospital after 4
the administration of an opioid antagonist on such individual. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require that any individual who receives an opioid antagonist by an
emergency medical services provider be transported to a treatment
facility which provides medical triage or to a hospital.