Bill Text: CT HB05170 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Dispensing Of Opioids Outside Of A Hospital Setting To Any Person Under The Age Of Eighteen.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-04 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05170 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05170-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5170

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 136

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. TWEEDIE, 13th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISPENSING OF OPIOIDS OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL SETTING TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN.

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the dispensing of opioids to any person under the age of eighteen unless the dispensing occurs in a hospital.

Statement of Purpose:

To combat the abuse of opioids.

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