AN ACT RELATING TO FOOD AND DRUGS -- UNIFORM CONTROL SUBSTANCES ACT (Requires that professionals authorized to prescribe opioid drugs discuss addiction risks with the patient or the patient’s parent or guardian if the patient is under eighteen (18) years of age.)
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced May 27, 2022
Last action Jun 1, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jun 1, 2022
Committee
06/01/2022 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
May 27, 2022
Introduced
05/27/2022 Introduced, referred to House Health & Human Services
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James N. McLaughlin
DDemocratic
P
Kathleen Fogarty
DDemocratic
P
Raymond Hull
DDemocratic
P
Teresa Tanzi
DDemocratic
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