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CT SB00550

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/18/2023

Primary Sponsor

Martha Marx

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Origin

Senate

2023 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Require institutions of higher education to provide free naloxone access at every student health department and to all residential life staff.

  • Mandate harm reduction training for all residential life staff at higher education institutions, including training on good samaritan policies.

  • Provide funding for youth-led harm reduction education programs in schools and institutions of higher education.

  • Fund the supply of fentanyl test strips to every institution of higher education.

  • Decriminalize drug testing kits intended to prevent overdoses by excluding them from the definition of "paraphernalia."

Legislative Description

An Act Concerning Opioid Education And Harm Reduction Resources.

Last Action

Referred to Joint Committee on Public Health

1/18/2023

Committee Referrals

Public Health1/18/2023

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