General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5723
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 2075
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
REP. PAOLILLO, 97th Dist.
SEN. LOONEY, 11th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING POLICE DEPARTMENT ACCESS TO OPIOID
ANTAGONISTS SUCH AS NARCAN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That the general statutes be amended to establish a program to allow
2 local police departments to obtain opioid antagonists, such as Narcan,
3 to help combat the opioid epidemic.
Statement of Purpose:
To help increase the availability of opioid antagonists, such as Narcan,
to police departments to help save lives.
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