Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00446 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/22/2019

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 446  
January Session, 2019  
LCO No. 1854 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist. 
 
 
 
AN ACT REQUIRING PHARMACIES TO DISPENSE OPIOID 
MEDICATION IN BLISTER PACKS. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to require pharmacies to 1 
dispense only that opioid medication that is contained in blister packs. 2 
Statement of Purpose:   
To reduce health care costs and improve medication adherence by 
mandating that pharmacies dispense only that opioid medication that 
is contained in blister packs.