MI SB0401

Requires prescribers issuing opioid prescriptions to offer patients a prescription for an opioid antagonist (such as naloxone) when the opioid dosage equals or exceeds 50 morphine milligram equivalents per day

Mandates offering an opioid antagonist prescription when an opioid is prescribed concurrently with a benzodiazepine

Requires offering an opioid antagonist prescription to patients at increased risk of opioid-related overdose, including those with a history of overdose, substance use disorder, or risk of returning to high doses after losing tolerance

Maintains existing provisions allowing prescribers and pharmacists to dispense opioid antagonists to at-risk individuals, family members, friends, and authorized agencies

Provides civil liability protection for prescribers, dispensing prescribers, and pharmacists who properly store and dispense opioid antagonists under this section