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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 245

AN ACT CONCERNING IMMUNITY FOR TREATMENT OF DRUG OVERDOSES WITH OPIOID ANTAGONIST.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To clarify when health care professionals are immune from civil or criminal liability for prescribing, dispensing or administering opioid antagonists for the treatment or prevention of drug overdoses.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

2 co-sponsors

Mary Ann Handley, Gayle S. Slossberg

In the House of Representatives

    1 co-sponsor

    David A. Scribner

    Its course

    February 15 to March 12, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action7 actions on 5 days

    In the SenateFeb 15 to Mar 12 · stopped26 days

    Public Health CommitteeFeb 15 to Mar 721 days

    Judiciary CommitteeMar 7 to Mar 12 · stopped5 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 15 – Mar 7

    1. Feb 15Introduced and sent to Public Health Committee
    2. Feb 25Heard in Public Health Committee
    3. Mar 7Public Health Committee recommended it and sent it to Judiciary Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Feb 15REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 25PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 7Joint Favorable Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 7FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 11RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 11FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    7. Mar 12FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives