Bill Text: CT HB05632 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Creating A Prescription Medication Take-back Program In Each Municipality.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-13 - Referred to Joint Committee on General Law [HB05632 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05632-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5632
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1077
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist.

AN ACT CREATING A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION TAKE-BACK PROGRAM IN EACH MUNICIPALITY.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require each municipality to coordinate with its police department and local pharmacies to create a program, in a cost-effective manner, through which residents of the municipality may drop off unused prescription medications within the municipality.

Statement of Purpose:

To establish a prescription take-back program in each municipality.