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AL HB624
Bill
Status
3/20/2014
Primary Sponsor
Allen Treadaway
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AI Summary
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Authorizes physicians and dentists licensed in Alabama to prescribe naloxone (opioid antagonist) to individuals at risk of opiate overdose or to family members, friends, or others positioned to assist them.
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Allows individuals who receive a prescribed opioid antagonist to administer it to another person experiencing an opiate-related overdose if they have a good faith belief of the overdose and exercise reasonable care.
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Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for physicians, dentists, and individuals who prescribe or administer opioid antagonists under the bill's provisions.
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Prohibits prosecution of individuals under age 21 for possession or consumption of alcohol if law enforcement discovered it solely because the individual was seeking medical assistance for another person, provided they acted in good faith, used their own name when contacting authorities, and remained with the person needing help.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Drug overdoses, drugs to counteract effects of, physician or dentist authorized to prescribe and persons authorized to administer, alcohol consumption by minors assisting others, immune from liability
Drugs
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Health
3/20/2014