FL S0558

Requires hospitals providing emergency services to patients suffering unintentional drug overdoses to adhere to patient rights under Florida's mental health laws, regardless of facility designation or admission status.

Prohibits transfer of overdose patients to licensed detoxification or addiction facilities until the patient is stabilized.

Mandates attending physicians attempt to identify and contact the patient's primary care physician and all prescribers of controlled substances from the past 12 months to inform them of the overdose and potential need for substance use disorder treatment.

Requires physicians to provide the patient's next of kin or emergency contact with hospital information, details about the overdose and ingested substances, and a list of available substance abuse treatment and addiction recovery service providers.

Directs attending physicians to encourage patients to voluntarily seek treatment for substance use disorders and establish face-to-face contact between patients and substance abuse treatment providers; effective July 1, 2017.