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.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 8380)
Senate Calendar No.: 201
Primary Analyst: ME 5/28/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
Reviewer: PR
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact:
Municipalities Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $
Municipal Police Departments STATE
MANDATE
1
- Cost
See Below See Below
Explanation
The bill 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 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.
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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-R01-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
The bill 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 bill also establishes a working group to study the feasibility of
requiring police officers to carry epinephrine cartridges. This has no
fiscal impact.
Senate "A" strikes the underlying bill and its associated fiscal impact
resulting in the impact described above.
The Out Years
The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would
continue into the future subject to inflation and how frequently the
Narcan is replaced.
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.