HB 5883 — AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DETOXIFICATION FOR CERTAIN INJURED EMPLOYEES, LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION EMPLOYEE NOTICES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF LOST WAGES FOR APPEARANCE AT A DEPOSITION.

General Assembly ProposedCommittee Bill No.

25196218 Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES Introduced by:

REP.(LAB) AN ACT REQUIRING WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DETOXIFICATION FOR CERTAIN INJURED EMPLOYEES.

WINKLER, 56th Dist.

AN ACT REQUIRING WORKERS' COMPENSATION INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR DETOXIFICATION FOR CERTAIN INJURED EMPLOYEES.

ThatSection chapter1. 568 of the general statutes be amended to require that each workers' compensation insurance policy in this state provide coverage for detoxification for each injured employee who, as a result of a covered injury sustained by such employee, consumes opioid drugs for a continuous period of not less than one year.

StatementSubdivision (12) of Purpose:section 31-275 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019):

To(12) require"Medical thatand eachsurgical workers'aid compensationor insurancehospital policyand innursing thisservice", statewhen providerequested coverageby foran injured employee and approved by the commissioner, includes (A) treatment by prayer or spiritual means through the application or use of the principles, tenets or teachings of any established church without the use of any drug or material remedy, provided sanitary and quarantine regulations are complied with, and provided all those ministering to the injured employee are bona fide members of such church, and (B) detoxification treatment for eachan injured employee who, as a result of a coveredpersonal injury sustainedarising byout suchof employee,and in the course of his or her employment, consumes opioid drugs prescribed in the course of medical treatment for such injury for a continuous period of not less than one year.

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5883 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:

Section 1 October 1, 2019 31-275(12) Statement of Purpose:

To require that each workers' compensation insurance policy in this state provide coverage for detoxification for each injured employee who, as a result of a covered injury sustained by such employee, consumes opioid drugs for a continuous period of not less than one year.

except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.] Co-Sponsors:

REP.

WINKLER, 56th Dist.

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