| 4 | 4 | | SB.docx |
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| 7 | 7 | | General Assembly Committee Bill No. 4 |
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| 8 | 8 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 9 | 9 | | LCO No. 4882 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (PH) |
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| 20 | 20 | | AN ACT CONCERNING THE A CCESSIBILITY OF PRESCRIPTION |
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| 21 | 21 | | DRUGS. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2019) The Department of Public Health, in 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | collaboration with the Department of Consumer Protection, shall study 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the public health impact of a person not taking medication prescribed 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | to such person by his or her health care provider, or not taking such 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | medication as directed, because he or she cannot afford to pay for such 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | medication. Such study shall include, but not be limited to, strategies 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | to improve patient access to medication prescribed by the patient's 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | health care provider. On or before January 1, 2020, the Commissioners 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of Public Health and Consumer Protection shall report, in accordance 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | matters relating to public health and consumer protection regarding 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the findings of such study. 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 39 | 39 | | sections: |
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| 40 | 40 | | Committee Bill No. 4 |
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| 43 | 43 | | LCO 4882 {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00004- |
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