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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6369
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 1973
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN
WITHOUT OPIOID DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That section 20-14o of the general statutes be amended to (1) allow a 1
prescribing practitioner to refer a patient to a chiropractor or a physical 2
therapist in addition to or in place of issuing a prescription for an 3
opioid drug, and (2) require the Department of Public Health to (A) 4
establish guidelines for the use of evidence-based, nonpharmaceutical 5
therapies to treat chronic pain that include, but are not limited to, 6
chiropractic treatment and physical therapy, and (B) conduct 7
educational and outreach activities to raise awareness of such 8
guidelines. 9
Statement of Purpose:
To establish guidelines and recommend the treatment of chronic paid
without the use of opioid drugs.