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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6368
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2067
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist.
AN ACT ALLOWING EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS TO
ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE WITHOUT THE USE OF AUTOMATIC
PREFILLED CARTRIDGE INJECTORS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 19a-197a of the general statutes be amended to (1) 1
allow emergency medical technicians to be trained in the 2
administration of epinephrine without the use of automatic prefilled 3
cartridge injectors, and (2) allow ambulances to be equipped with 4
epinephrine without automatic prefilled cartridge injectors. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce municipal costs for emergency medical services by allowing
the administration of epinephrine without automatic prefilled
cartridge injectors.