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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 1439 1 of 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 772 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2025 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 1439 | |
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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 CONCERNING OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE | |
| 19 | 19 | PRESCRIPTION OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS TO CHILDREN | |
| 20 | 20 | RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER MEDICAID. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That the general statutes be amended to (1) require a health care 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | provider who is prescribing a psychotropic drug to a child receiving 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | services under Medicaid to (A) provide the parent or guardian of such 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | child with medication guides prepared by the federal Food and Drug 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | Administration concerning such drug, and (B) educate the parent or 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | guardian of such child regarding the risks and benefits of such drugs 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | and inform such parent or guardian of any nondrug alternatives, (2) 7 | |
| 31 | 31 | establish a robust, user-friendly system through which the parent, 8 | |
| 32 | 32 | guardian or health care provider of a child taking a psychotropic drug 9 | |
| 33 | 33 | can report any side effects of such drug that the child may be 10 | |
| 34 | 34 | experiencing, and (3) require the implementation of regulatory 11 | |
| 35 | 35 | measures and accountability standards for the Departments of Social 12 | |
| 36 | 36 | Services and Public Health to ensure safe prescription practices with 13 | |
| 37 | 37 | regard to children receiving services under the Medicaid program. 14 Proposed Bill No. 772 | |
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| 40 | 40 | LCO No. 1439 2 of 2 | |
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| 42 | 42 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 43 | 43 | To safeguard the health and well-being of Connecticut's children while | |
| 44 | 44 | fostering transparency and accountability in the Medicaid program. |