Bill Text: CT HB05520 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5520 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Establishing A Program To Take Back Unused Prescription Medications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-12 - Referred to Joint Committee on General Law [HB05520 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05520-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 5520*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1071
		01071
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. BERTHEL, 68th Dist.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM TO TAKE BACK UNUSED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to establish a collection program at pharmacies that enables a person to turn in the unused prescription medication of the person's deceased family members.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a program to take back unused prescription medications.