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HB 1672 Naloxone; administration by unlicensed individual in cases of opiate overdose.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose. Allows a person to obtain a prescription for and to possess and administer naloxone to a family member or friend for the purpose of counteracting the effects of opiate overdose. The bill also requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to work together with the Department of Health, Department of Health Professions, law-enforcement agencies, substance abuse recovery support organizations, and other stakeholders to conduct pilot programs on the administration of naloxone to counteract the effects of opiate overdose. The bill requires the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to report on such pilot programs to the General Assembly by December 1, 2014.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Naloxone; administration in cases of opiate overdose. Provides that nothing shall prohibit an unlicensed individual from administering naloxone to a person who is experiencing or is about to experience a life-threatening opiate overdose, provided the unlicensed individual has completed a training program approved by the Board of Health. The bill also requires the Board of Health and the Board of Pharmacy to work together with law-enforcement agencies to develop a pilot program for the training of law-enforcement personnel and provision of nasally administered naloxone to law-enforcement personnel for the purpose of enabling law-enforcement personnel to administer naloxone to persons experiencing opiate overdose and to work together with recovery support organizations and other stakeholders to develop a pilot program for the training of members of the public and provision of nasally administered naloxone to members of the public for the purpose of enabling members of the public who have received such training to administer naloxone to persons experiencing opiate overdose.