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