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

Connecticut Senate Bill 77 (Prior Session Legislation)

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.