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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1973 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6369 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1973 | |
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| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. COOK, 65th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN | |
| 19 | 19 | WITHOUT OPIOID DRUGS. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
| 22 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 23 | That section 20-14o of the general statutes be amended to (1) allow a 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | prescribing practitioner to refer a patient to a chiropractor or a physical 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | therapist in addition to or in place of issuing a prescription for an 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | opioid drug, and (2) require the Department of Public Health to (A) 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | establish guidelines for the use of evidence-based, nonpharmaceutical 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | therapies to treat chronic pain that include, but are not limited to, 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | chiropractic treatment and physical therapy, and (B) conduct 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | educational and outreach activities to raise awareness of such 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | guidelines. 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 33 | 33 | To establish guidelines and recommend the treatment of chronic paid | |
| 34 | 34 | without the use of opioid drugs. |