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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6364
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1122
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. KUPCHICK, 132nd Dist.
SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PROTECTIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT K9S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to allow (1) ambulances to 1
transport a law enforcement K9 to an emergency animal hospital when 2
necessary, (2) emergency medical service providers to administer an 3
opioid antagonist intravenously and to provide basic first aid to a law 4
enforcement K9, and (3) state and local law enforcement K9 officers to 5
carry opioid antagonists that may be administered to a K9. 6
Statement of Purpose:
To allow for protections for law enforcement K9s.