FL S0588

Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop best practices policies to prevent unintentional drug overdoses, including processes for notifying next of kin and prescribing physicians, substance abuse treatment information, opioid prescribing guidelines, and use of behavioral health professionals.

Authorizes basic life support and advanced life support services to report controlled substance overdoses to the Department of Health using the Emergency Medical Services Tracking and Reporting System or similar approved methods within 120 hours.

Defines "overdose" as a medical condition resulting from controlled substance consumption requiring treatment, or clinical suspicion of overdose such as respiratory depression or unconsciousness without other explanations.

Requires overdose reports to include date, time, location, whether an emergency opioid antagonist was administered, and whether fatal or nonfatal; must also include patient gender, age, and suspected substance if the reporting mechanism permits.

Provides immunity from civil and criminal liability for good faith overdose reports and prohibits failure to report from being grounds for disciplinary action; requires Department of Health to produce quarterly reports for distribution to specified state agencies and county-level entities.