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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2363 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5992 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2021 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2363 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
14 | 14 | REP. COOK, 65th Dist. | |
15 | 15 | REP. HORN, 64th Dist. | |
16 | 16 | SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist. | |
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21 | 21 | AN ACT REQUIRING TRANSPORTATION TO A TREATMENT | |
22 | 22 | FACILITY WHICH PROVIDES MEDICAL TRIAGE OR TO A HOSPITAL | |
23 | 23 | AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST. | |
24 | 24 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
25 | 25 | Assembly convened: | |
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27 | 27 | That the general statutes be amended to require emergency medical 1 | |
28 | 28 | services providers to transport an individual, after the administration of 2 | |
29 | 29 | an opioid antagonist to such individual, to a treatment facility that 3 | |
30 | 30 | provides medical triage in accordance with regulations adopted 4 | |
31 | 31 | pursuant to section 19a-495 of the general statutes or to a hospital. 5 | |
32 | 32 | Statement of Purpose: | |
33 | 33 | To require that any individual who was administered an opioid | |
34 | 34 | antagonist by an emergency medical services provider be transported to | |
35 | 35 | a treatment facility that provides medical triage or to a hospital. |