Bill Text: CT SB00077 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Department Of Corrections To Offer Opioid Treatment In All Of Its Correctional Facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [SB00077 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00077-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 77

 

February Session, 2018

 

LCO No. 680

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. WINFIELD, 10th Dist.

 

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO OFFER OPIOID TREATMENT IN ALL OF ITS CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Corrections to offer opioid addiction treatment in all of its correctional facilities.

Statement of Purpose:

To combat the opioid crises in the state, thereby reducing crime and saving lives.

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