(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 and after January 1, 2020, any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 368v that treats a patient for a nonfatal overdose of an opioid drug, as defined in section 20-14o, shall administer a mental health screening or assessment of the patient if medically appropriate, and provide the results of such screening or assessment to the patient if medically appropriate, or to the patient's parent, guardian or legal representative, as applicable, if medically appropriate.
(c) 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.
(d) 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; P.A. 19-191, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 18-166 effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-191 added new Subsec. (b) re mental health screening for nonfatal overdoses and redesignated existing Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (c) and (d).