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MN HF4676
Bill
Status
3/30/2022
Primary Sponsor
Erin Koegel
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AI Summary
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Employers are not liable for damages resulting from employee acts or omissions while administering opioid antagonists in accordance with existing law.
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Good samaritans seeking medical assistance for overdose victims are immune from prosecution for drug possession, sharing, use, certain murder and manslaughter charges, and drug paraphernalia possession if evidence was obtained as a result of seeking assistance.
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Persons experiencing drug-related overdoses are immune from prosecution for sale or possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia if evidence was obtained as a result of the overdose and need for medical assistance.
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Persons on pretrial release, probation, furlough, supervised release, or parole cannot have those statuses revoked based on incidents for which they would be immune from prosecution under the bill's provisions.
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Evidence obtained from drug overdose scenes is inadmissible in criminal proceedings against persons who qualify for immunity, though providing medical assistance may be used as a mitigating factor in other prosecutions.
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Effective August 1, 2022, and applies to acts committed on or after that date.
Legislative Description
Steve's law provisions expanded, good samaritan drug overdose case criminal immunity expanded, and employer liability clarified for employee acts in administering opioid antagonists.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
3/30/2022