Bill Text: CT SB00083 | 2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Increasing Funding For Opioid Addiction Treatment Facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-14 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [SB00083 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2018-SB00083-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 83

 

February Session, 2018

 

LCO No. 807

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist.

 

AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR OPIOID ADDICTION TREATMENT FACILITIES.

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

That the general statutes be amended to impose a surcharge on all pharmaceutical companies that sell products in the state to increase funding for opioid addiction treatment facilities.

Statement of Purpose:

To combat the opioid epidemic.

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