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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 274
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8	6		February Session, 2024
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING OPIOIDS.
13	20		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
14	21		Assembly convened:
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16	23		Section 1. Section 17a-667 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
17	24		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
18	25		(a) There is established a Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy 3
19	26		Council which shall be within the Department of Mental Health and 4
20	27		Addiction Services. 5
21	28		(b) The council shall consist of the following members: (1) The 6
22	29		Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's 7
23	30		designee; (2) the Commissioners of Children and Families, Consumer 8
24	31		Protection, Correction, Education, Mental Health and Addiction 9
25	32		Services, Public Health, Emergency Services and Public Protection, 10
26	33		Aging and Disability Services and Social Services, and the Insurance 11
27	34		Commissioner, or their designees; (3) the Chief Court Administrator, or 12
28	35		the Chief Court Administrator's designee; (4) the chairperson of the 13
29	36		Board of Regents for Higher Education, or the chairperson's designee; 14
30		-	(5) the president of The University of Connecticut, or the president's 15
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31	43		designee; (6) the Chief State's Attorney, or the Chief State's Attorney's 16
32	44		designee; (7) the Chief Public Defender, or the Chief Public Defender's 17
33	45		designee; (8) the Child Advocate, or the Child Advocate's designee; and 18
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	46	+	(9) the cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing 19
41	47		committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 20
42	48		relating to public health, criminal justice and appropriations, or their 21
43	49		designees. The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services 22
44	50		and the Commissioner of Children and Families shall be cochairpersons 23
45	51		of the council and may jointly appoint up to seven individuals to the 24
46	52		council as follows: (A) Two individuals in recovery from a substance use 25
47	53		disorder or representing an advocacy group for individuals with a 26
48	54		substance use disorder; (B) a provider of community-based substance 27
49	55		abuse services for adults; (C) a provider of community-based substance 28
50	56		abuse services for adolescents; (D) an addiction medicine physician; (E) 29
51	57		a family member of an individual in recovery from a substance use 30
52	58		disorder; and (F) an emergency medicine physician currently practicing 31
53	59		in a Connecticut hospital. The cochairpersons of the council may 32
54	60		establish subcommittees and working groups and may appoint 33
55	61		individuals other than members of the council to serve as members of 34
56	62		the subcommittees or working groups. Such individuals may include, 35
57	63		but need not be limited to: (i) Licensed alcohol and drug counselors; (ii) 36
58	64		pharmacists; (iii) municipal police chiefs; (iv) emergency medical 37
59	65		services personnel; and (v) representatives of organizations that provide 38
60	66		education, prevention, intervention, referrals, rehabilitation or support 39
61	67		services to individuals with substance use disorder or chemical 40
62	68		dependency. 41
63	69		(c) The council shall review policies and practices of state agencies 42
64	70		and the Judicial Department concerning substance abuse treatment 43
65	71		programs, substance abuse prevention services, the referral of persons 44
66	72		to such programs and services, and criminal justice sanctions and 45
67	73		programs and shall develop and coordinate a state-wide, interagency, 46
68	74		integrated plan for such programs and services and criminal sanctions. 47
69	75		(d) [Such plan shall be amended] The council shall amend such plan 48
70		-	not later than January 1, 2017, to contain measurable goals, including, 49
	76	+	not later than January 1, 2017, to contain measurable goals, including, 49 Raised Bill No. 274
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71	82		but not limited to, a goal for a reduction in the number of opioid-50
72	83		induced deaths in the state. 51
73		-	(e) (1) The council shall create a standing subcommittee to 52 Substitute Bill No. 274
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	84	+	(e) (1) The council shall create a standing subcommittee to 52
80	85		periodically (A) review (i) publicly funded services for parents and 53
81	86		caregivers impacted by substance use disorder and their children, and 54
82	87		(ii) state agency programs that support the safety and well-being of such 55
83	88		children, and (B) develop, in consultation with representatives of 56
84	89		substance abuse treatment programs, family advocates and persons 57
85	90		with lived experience with substance use disorders, recommendations 58
86	91		to strengthen (i) delivery of substance abuse treatment programs and 59
87	92		substance abuse prevention services to families, (ii) safety planning 60
88	93		supports for children, and (iii) targeted distribution of naloxone to 61
89		-	parents and caregivers ~~of persons with substance use disorder~~. 62
	94	+	parents and caregivers. 62
90	95		(2) On or before January 1, 2025, and triennially thereafter, the 63
91	96		standing subcommittee shall: 64
92	97		(A) Submit such recommendations to the council to consider for 65
93	98		inclusion in (i) the integrated plan, pursuant to subsection (d) of this 66
94	99		section, and (ii) any recommendations to the Commissioner of Mental 67
95	100		Health and Addiction Services when the council consults with the 68
96	101		commissioner on the state substance use disorder plan, developed 69
97	102		pursuant to subsection (j) of section 17a-451; 70
98	103		(B) Submit such recommendations to the Opioid Settlement Advisory 71
99	104		Committee, established pursuant to section 17a-674d; and 72
100	105		(C) Report on such recommendations, in accordance with the 73
101	106		provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the 74
102	107		General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 75
103	108		health, appropriations and the budgets of state agencies and children. 76
104	109		Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Social Services and 77
105	110		the Insurance Commissioner, in consultation with the Commissioners 78
106	111		of Public Health and Mental Health and Addiction Services, shall 79
107		-	develop a plan to require Medicaid and private insurance coverage for 80
108		-	opioid antagonists for patients prescribed an opioid drug upon 81
109		-	discharge from a hospital. Not later than January 1, 2025, the 82
110		-	commissioners shall report, in accordance with the provisions of section 83 Substitute Bill No. 274
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117		-	11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the 84
118		-	General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 85
119		-	health, human services, general law and insurance regarding such plan. 86
120		-	For the purposes of this section, "opioid antagonist" has the same 87
121		-	meaning as provided in section 17a-714a of the general statutes, and 88
122		-	"opioid drug" has the same meaning as provided in section 20-14o of the 89
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	118	+	opioid antagonists for patients prescribed an opioid drug upon 81
	119	+	discharge from a hospital or emergency department. Not later than 82
	120	+	January 1, 2025, the commissioners shall report, in accordance with the 83
	121	+	provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 84
	122	+	committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 85
	123	+	relating to public health, human services, general law and insurance 86
	124	+	regarding such plan. For the purposes of this section, "opioid 87
	125	+	antagonist" has the same meaning as provided in section 17a-714a of the 88
	126	+	general statutes, and "opioid drug" has the same meaning as provided 89
	127	+	in section 20-14o of the general statutes. 90
124	128		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
125	129		sections:
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127	131		Section 1 from passage 17a-667
128	132		Sec. 2 from passage New section
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130		-	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
131		-	In Section 1(e)(1)(B)(iii), "of persons with substance use disorder" was
132		-	added for clarity, and in Section 2, "or emergency department" was
133		-	deleted to eliminate redundant language.
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	134	+	Statement of Purpose:
	135	+	To require (1) the Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council to
	136	+	establish a standing subcommittee to examine programs and services
	137	+	for parents and caregivers impacted by substance use disorder and their
	138	+	children and make recommendations regarding such programs and
	139	+	services, and (2) the Commissioner of Social Services and the Insurance
	140	+	Commissioner to develop a plan to require Medicaid and private
	141	+	insurance coverage for opioid antagonists for certain hospital and
	142	+	emergency department patients.
	143	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	144	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	145	+	underlined.]
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