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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 919 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5583 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 919 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | REP. HALL, 59th Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT CONCERNING EMERGENCY INTERVENTION BY A POLICE | |
| 19 | 19 | OFFICER WHEN A PERSON SUFFERS AN OVERDOSE. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to allow a police officer to take 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | a person into custody when the officer has reasonable cause to believe 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | that such person is experiencing a drug overdose and the officer has 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | administered an opioid antagonist or taken other lifesaving measures. 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 28 | 28 | To allow a police officer to take a person into custody when the officer | |
| 29 | 29 | has reasonable cause to believe that such person is experiencing a drug | |
| 30 | 30 | overdose. |