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FL S0544

Bill

Status

Passed

4/8/2022

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations

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Origin

Senate

2022 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes pharmacists to order emergency opioid antagonists with autoinjection or intranasal delivery systems and expands dispensing options beyond prescriptions to include pharmacist orders and nonpatient-specific standing orders

  • Grants civil and criminal liability immunity to emergency responders, crime laboratory personnel, law enforcement agency personnel, correctional probation officers, and child protective investigators who administer emergency opioid antagonists

  • Requires hospital emergency departments and urgent care centers to report suspected or actual controlled substance overdoses to the Department of Health within 120 hours when the patient was not transported by an EMS transport service

  • Authorizes public schools to purchase or obtain naloxone from wholesale distributors or manufacturers at fair-market, free, or reduced prices, with the requirement that it be stored in a secure location on school premises

  • Grants civil liability immunity to school district employees who administer an approved emergency opioid antagonist to a student in compliance with existing emergency treatment and Good Samaritan statutes, effective July 1, 2022

Legislative Description

Drug-related Overdose Prevention

Last Action

Chapter No. 2022-28

4/8/2022

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/21/2022
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services12/2/2021

Full Bill Text

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