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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 816 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 492 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 816 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist. | |
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| 18 | 18 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTER | |
| 19 | 19 | PILOT PROGRAM. | |
| 20 | 20 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 21 | 21 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 23 | 23 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) establish an overdose 1 | |
| 24 | 24 | prevention center pilot program to (A) establish not less than four 2 | |
| 25 | 25 | overdose prevention centers in the state; and (B) collect and evaluate 3 | |
| 26 | 26 | data concerning overdose reduction, substance use disorder prevention 4 | |
| 27 | 27 | and substance use disorder treatment access, (2) establish a 5 | |
| 28 | 28 | multidisciplinary advisory committee to provide recommendations 6 | |
| 29 | 29 | concerning the overdose prevention center pilot program, (3) develop 7 | |
| 30 | 30 | and implement a public awareness and education campaign concerning 8 | |
| 31 | 31 | the benefits of overdose prevention centers, (4) require the Department 9 | |
| 32 | 32 | of Public Health to establish licensure for overdose prevention centers 10 | |
| 33 | 33 | in the state, and (5) require the Department of Mental Health and 11 | |
| 34 | 34 | Addiction Services to develop operational guidelines for overdose 12 | |
| 35 | 35 | prevention centers, including, but not limited to, standards for staffing, 13 | |
| 36 | 36 | safety and service provision. 14 Proposed Bill No. 492 | |
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| 39 | 39 | LCO No. 816 2 of 2 | |
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| 41 | 41 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 42 | 42 | To promote the establishment of overdose prevention centers in the | |
| 43 | 43 | state. |