LCO No. 1224 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 400 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 1224 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH Introduced by: SEN. KELLY, 21 st Dist. (By Request) AN ACT DEFINING SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AS A DISEASE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That the general statutes be amended to redefine substance use 1 disorder as a disease. 2 Statement of Purpose: To increase public and private resources to fight the drug and alcohol addiction epidemic in Connecticut.