General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5078
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 330
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF TECHNOLOGY THAT POLICE
OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
PERSONNEL MAY USE WHEN RESPONDING TO OPIOID
OVERDOSES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in
2 consultation with the Department of Public Health, study the
3 technologies, including global positioning system technology, that are
4 available to police officers, firefighters and emergency medical services
5 personnel to use when responding to opioid overdoses.
Statement of Purpose:
To study technologies that may assist police officers, firefighters and
emergency medical services personnel when responding to opioid
overdoses.
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