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GA HB1035
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/7/2024
Primary Sponsor
Sharon Cooper
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AI Summary
- Expands the exemption from Georgia's "dangerous drug" classification beyond naloxone to include any opioid antagonist when used for drug overdose prevention and supplied by a dispenser or authorized wholesale distributor
- Narrows the vending machine prohibition to apply only to prescription drugs, effectively allowing opioid antagonists and other non-prescription drugs to be sold or dispensed through vending machines
- Authorizes practitioners to both prescribe and dispense opioid antagonists, and to supply them directly to at-risk individuals, pain management clinics, first responders, harm reduction organizations, family members, friends, or others positioned to help someone at risk of overdose
- Removes the requirement that an opioid antagonist must have been prescribed in order for a person who administers or supplies it to receive civil, criminal, and professional immunity
- Adds a new immunity provision for harm reduction organizations acting in good faith and within their scope of services that supply opioid antagonists to individuals at risk of opioid-related overdose
Legislative Description
Pharmacies; board regulates sale and supply of opioid antagonists through vending machines; authorize
Last Action
Senate Read Second Time
2/29/2024
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/8/2024
Public Health1/26/2024
Full Bill Text
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