Connecticut General Statutes Title 18. Correctional Institutions and Department of Correction § 18-100j. Pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies

Not later than October 1, 2013, the Department of Correction may initiate, with support from the Departments of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Public Health, a pilot treatment program for methadone maintenance and other drug therapies at facilities including, but not limited to, the New Haven Community Correctional Center. The pilot program shall serve sixty to eighty inmates per month. The Department of Public Health may waive public health code regulations that are not applicable to the service model of the pilot program. Not later than July 1, 2019, the Department of Correction shall report on the results of the program to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to human services, the judiciary, public health and appropriations and the budgets of state agencies.