OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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SB-1011
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF OPIOID ANTAGONISTS AND
EPINEPHRINE CARTRIDGE INJECTORS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
AMENDMENT
LCO No.: 8380
File Copy No.: 295
Senate Calendar No.: 201
Primary Analyst: DD 5/12/21
Contributing Analyst(s): (SM)
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Municipal Police Departments STATE
MANDATE
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- Cost
See Below See Below
Explanation
The amendment strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal
impact.
The amendment requires all law enforcement units to carry and
receive training on opioid antagonists (Narcan). There is a cost to
municipalities that do not currently do this, which would vary based on:
1) the number of police offers that receive training, and 2) the amount of
Narcan police departments choose to keep on hand. It is not known how
many municipal police departments already meet the amendment’s
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State mandate is defined in Sec. 2-32b(2) of the Connecticut General Statutes, "state
mandate" means any state initiated constitutional, statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand or modify its activities in such a way
as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues. 2021SB-01011-R00LCO08380-FNA.DOCX Page 2 of 2
requirements and, therefore, would incur no fiscal impact.
As an illustration, the City of Waterbury currently trains and supplies
its officers with Narcan at a cost of about $50 per vial. The training for
use of the vial is $125 per class.
The amendment has no fiscal impact to the state as the Department
of Emergency Services and Public Protection and other state law
enforcement units already carry and are trained in the use of Narcan.
The amendment also establishes a working group to study the
feasibility of requiring police officers to carry epinephrine cartridges.
This has no fiscal impact.
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely
for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the General
Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of
informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.