Bill Text: CT HB05439 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Promotion Of Long-lasting, Reversible Contraceptives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on Human Services [HB05439 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05439-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5439
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 926
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Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PROMOTION OF LONG-LASTING, REVERSIBLE CONTRACEPTIVES.

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

That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner of Social Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, to promote the use of long-lasting, reversible contraceptives to reduce adolescent pregnancy and abortion rates.

Statement of Purpose:

To replicate the successful reduction of adolescent pregnancy and abortion rates in Colorado, St. Louis, Missouri, and Gastonia, North Carolina, provide better outcomes for Connecticut children and create more sustainable families.