Sec. 19a-127q. Overdoses of opioid drug. Reporting requirements. Provision of data to municipal health departments and district departments of health. Confidentiality of data.

(a) On and after January 1, 2019, any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v or emergency medical services personnel, as defined in section 20-206jj, that treats a patient for an overdose of an opioid drug, as defined in section 20-14o, shall report such overdose to the Department of Public Health in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(b) On or before January 1, 2020, the Department of Public Health shall provide the data reported pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to the municipal health department or district department of health that has jurisdiction over the location in which such overdose occurred, or, if such location is unknown, the location in which the hospital or emergency medical services personnel treated the patient, as the department, in its discretion, deems necessary to develop preventive initiatives.

(c) Data reported to the Department of Public Health by a hospital or emergency medical services personnel shall at all times remain confidential pursuant to section 19a-25.

(P.A. 18-166, S. 5.)

History: P.A. 18-166 effective July 1, 2018.