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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5992
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2363
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
REP. COOK, 65th Dist.
REP. HORN, 64th Dist.
SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION TO A TREATMENT
FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL TRIAGE OR TO A HOSPITAL
AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require emergency medical 1
services providers to transport an individual, after the administration of 2
an opioid antagonist to such individual, to a treatment facility that 3
provides medical triage in accordance with regulations adopted 4
pursuant to section 19a-495 of the general statutes or to a hospital. 5
Statement of Purpose:
To require that any individual who was administered an opioid
antagonist by an emergency medical services provider be transported to
a treatment facility that provides medical triage or to a hospital.