Bill Text: CT HB05392 | 2014 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Collection And Disposal Of Unwanted Medication.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-07 - Referred by House to Committee on Appropriations [HB05392 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05392-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5392
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1619
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF UNWANTED MEDICATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2014) (a) The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, in consultation with the Connecticut Pharmacists Association and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, develop and implement a program for the collection and disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals. Such program shall provide for (1) a secure locked box that is accessible to the public on a twenty-four-hour daily basis for the anonymous drop-off of unwanted pharmaceuticals at each municipal police station and state police barracks, and (2) the transport of such pharmaceuticals to a biomedical waste treatment facility, as defined in section 22a-207 of the general statutes, for incineration.

(b) The Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall, within available appropriations, organize a public awareness campaign to educate the public concerning the dangers of unsafe disposal of pharmaceuticals and of the availability of the pharmaceutical collection and disposal program at municipal police stations and state police barracks.

(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	New section

PS	Joint Favorable
PD	Joint Favorable