(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Inherited metabolic disease” means a disease for which newborn screening is required under section 19a-55.
(2) “Low protein modified food product” means a product formulated to have less than one gram of protein per serving and intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.
(3) “Amino acid modified preparation” means a product intended for the dietary treatment of an inherited metabolic disease under the direction of a physician.
(b) Amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products for the treatment of inherited metabolic disease shall be dispensed only upon the prescription of an individual authorized to prescribe drugs within this state.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Department of Public Health, in carrying out its powers and duties under this section, may, within available appropriations, purchase prescribed special infant formula, amino acid modified preparations and low protein modified food products directly and without the issuance of a purchase order.
(P.A. 82-355, S. 7, 8; P.A. 88-286, S. 3, 4; P.A. 94-174, S. 9, 12; 94-197, S. 2–4; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-167, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-286 replaced “phenyl-free and Lofenolac formulas” with “amino acid preparations for the treatment of inborn errors of metabolism, for use by infants, children or pregnant women”; P.A. 94-174 and 94-197 applied section to protein modified foods and defined the term, effective June 6, 1994; P.A. 94-197 further amended Subsec. (a) to replace physician with any individual authorized to prescribe and added new Subsec. (b) authorizing department's purchase of special infant formula and medical foods without a purchase order; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-167 added new Subsec. (a) expanding definitions and redesignated and modified former Subsecs. (a) and (b) accordingly.
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