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IN HB1234
Bill
Status
1/11/2018
Primary Sponsor
Robert Morris
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AI Summary
HB 1234 Summary
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Expands eligibility for mental health and addiction forensic treatment services to individuals charged with misdemeanor offenses after June 30, 2018, including addiction counseling, detoxification, case management, medication-assisted treatment, vocational services, and housing assistance.
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Requires emergency medical technicians, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and paramedics who administer overdose intervention drugs to transport the individual to a hospital for further treatment and a blood draw.
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Establishes probable cause for blood testing warrants when a person shows respiratory or central nervous system depression consistent with acute opioid overdose and has symptoms significantly alleviated within 15 minutes of overdose intervention drug administration, provided no other cause is evident.
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Creates a new Class A misdemeanor offense for knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly using a controlled substance without a valid prescription when the person suffered acute opioid overdose symptoms that were alleviated within 15 minutes of overdose intervention drug administration.
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Effective date: July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Drug overdoses. Allows mental health and addiction forensic treatment services to be provided to individuals charged, after June 30, 2018, with a misdemeanor offense. Requires specified emergency services personnel to transport an individual who has been administered an overdose intervention drug to the hospital for additional treatment and a blood draw. Provides that probable cause to issue a warrant to test a person's blood for controlled substances exists if: (1) the person is revived after administration of an overdose intervention drug; and (2) certain other conditions are met. Establishes that it is abuse of a controlled substance, a Class A
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
1/11/2018