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FL H0355

Bill

Official Source

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jose Alvarez

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the types of emergency opioid antagonists that public K-12 schools may purchase, use, and maintain from only naloxone to any FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonist
  • Authorizes public schools to obtain emergency opioid antagonists from wholesale distributors or manufacturers at fair-market, free, or reduced prices for use during student opioid overdoses
  • Requires emergency opioid antagonists to be stored in a secure location on school premises
  • Revises the definition of "emergency opioid antagonist" for Florida College System institutions and state universities to include any FDA-approved drug that blocks opioid effects, rather than only naloxone hydrochloride
  • Takes effect July 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Emergency Opioid Antagonists in Public K-12 Schools and Postsecondary Educational Institutions

Last Action

Died in Rules, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1255 (Ch. 2025-110)

6/16/2025

Committee Referrals

Health And Human Services3/11/2025
Human Services Subcommittee2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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