Bill Text: CT HB05167 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting Primary Care Physicians From Prescribing Opioids.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-04 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health [HB05167 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB05167-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 5167

 

January Session, 2017

 

LCO No. 422

 

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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Introduced by:

 

REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.

 

AN ACT PROHIBITING PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS FROM PRESCRIBING OPIOIDS.

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

That the general statutes be amended to prohibit primary care physicians from prescribing opioids.

Statement of Purpose:

To help prevent the overprescribing of opioids.

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