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| 7 | 6 | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6368 | |
| 8 | 7 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 9 | 8 | LCO No. 4381 | |
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| 12 | 11 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 15 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
| 16 | 15 | (PH) | |
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| 20 | 19 | AN ACT ALLOWING EMER GENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS TO | |
| 21 | 20 | ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE WITHOUT THE USE O F AUTOMATIC | |
| 22 | 21 | PREFILLED CARTRIDGE INJECTORS. | |
| 23 | 22 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 24 | 23 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 26 | 25 | Section 1. Section 19a-197a of the general statutes is repealed and 1 | |
| 27 | 26 | the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 | |
| 28 | 27 | (a) As used in this section, "emergency medical technician" means 3 | |
| 29 | 28 | (1) any class of emergency medical technician certified under 4 | |
| 30 | 29 | regulations adopted pursuant to section 20-206oo, including, but not 5 | |
| 31 | 30 | limited to, any advanced emergency medical technician, and (2) any 6 | |
| 32 | 31 | paramedic licensed pursuant to section 20-206ll. 7 | |
| 33 | 32 | (b) Any emergency medical technician who has been trained, in 8 | |
| 34 | 33 | accordance with national standards recognized by the Commissioner 9 | |
| 35 | 34 | of Public Health, in the administration of epinephrine [using automatic 10 | |
| 36 | 35 | prefilled cartridge injectors or similar automatic injectable equipment] 11 | |
| 37 | 36 | and who functions in accordance with written protocols and the 12 | |
| 38 | 37 | standing orders of a licensed physician serving as an emergency 13 | |
| 39 | - | department director may administer epinephrine. [using such injectors 14 Committee Bill No. 6368 | |
| 38 | + | department director may administer epinephrine. [using such injectors 14 | |
| 39 | + | Committee Bill No. 6368 | |
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| 46 | 44 | or equipment.] All emergency medical technicians shall receive such 15 | |
| 47 | 45 | training. All licensed or certified ambulances shall be equipped with 16 | |
| 48 | 46 | epinephrine [in such injectors or equipment which] that may be 17 | |
| 49 | 47 | administered in accordance with written protocols and standing orders 18 | |
| 50 | 48 | of a licensed physician serving as an emergency department director. 19 | |
| 51 | 49 | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following | |
| 52 | 50 | sections: | |
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| 54 | 52 | Section 1 October 1, 2019 19a-197a | |
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| 56 | - | PH Joint Favorable | |
| 54 | + | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 55 | + | To reduce municipal costs for emergency medical services by allowing | |
| 56 | + | the administration of epinephrine without automatic prefilled | |
| 57 | + | cartridge injectors. | |
| 58 | + | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, | |
| 59 | + | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is | |
| 60 | + | not underlined.] | |
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| 62 | + | Co-Sponsors: REP. MACLACHLAN, 35th Dist. | |
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| 64 | + | H.B. 6368 | |
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