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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 103
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 263
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. HASKELL, 26th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE PACKAGING OF CERTAIN OPIOID
DRUGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require that certain solid, 1
oral dosage forms of immediate-release opioid drugs that are commonly 2
prescribed for treatment of acute pain be made available in fixed-3
quantity, unit-of-use blister packaging for outpatient dispensing. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To reduce the amount of unused opioid drugs thereby reducing
opportunities for misuse, abuse, inappropriate access and overdose of
opioid drugs and potentially reducing the number of people who
develop opioid use disorders.