Senate Bill 734 Summary

• Authorizes the State Health Director to prescribe opioid antagonist (naloxone hydrochloride) through a statewide standing order.

• Allows practitioners to prescribe opioid antagonists directly or by standing order to persons at risk of opioid overdose or to family members, friends, or others in position to assist such individuals.

• Permits pharmacists to dispense opioid antagonists pursuant to prescriptions issued under the bill's authorization.

• Provides civil and criminal immunity to practitioners, pharmacists, the State Health Director, and persons who administer opioid antagonists in good faith under the bill's provisions.

• Effective upon enactment (June 20, 2016).