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FL S0278
Bill
AI Summary
- Creates section 893.21, Florida Statutes, establishing the "911 Good Samaritan Act" to provide immunity from prosecution for drug possession offenses
- Prohibits charging, prosecuting, or penalizing a person acting in good faith who seeks medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose, if the possession evidence was obtained as a result of seeking that assistance
- Prohibits charging, prosecuting, or penalizing a person who experiences a drug-related overdose and needs medical assistance for possession of a controlled substance, if evidence was obtained as a result of the overdose and need for medical help
- Specifies that immunity from prosecution for possession offenses cannot be used as grounds for suppressing evidence in other criminal prosecutions
- Amends sentencing guidelines to allow departure from minimum sentence when a defendant made a good faith effort to obtain or provide medical assistance for someone experiencing a drug-related overdose
- Effective date: October 1, 2012
Legislative Description
Preventing Deaths from Drug-related Overdoses
Last Action
Ordered enrolled -SJ 958
3/7/2012
Committee Referrals
Health Regulation1/12/2012
Criminal Justice10/4/2011
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