Connecticut 2019 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06763 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/28/2019

                     
 
LCO No. 2349   	1 of 1 
 
General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6763  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 2349 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
REP. GARIBAY, 60th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING THE AVAILABILITY OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS 
AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to require institutions of 1 
higher education to be equipped with naloxone hydrochloride or any 2 
other opioid antagonist approved by the federal Food and Drug 3 
Administration for the treatment or prevention of an opioid-related 4 
drug overdose on campus.  5 
Statement of Purpose:   
To equip institutions of higher education for the treatment or 
prevention of opioid-related drug overdoses on campus.