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TX HB5521

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Cody Vasut

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes amusement parks, live music venues, concert halls, sports venues, and indoor/outdoor stadiums to adopt policies for maintaining and administering opioid antagonists (such as naloxone) to individuals experiencing suspected opioid overdoses on their premises

  • Requires entities that adopt such policies to have at least one trained employee or volunteer present during all operating hours, maintain records of training completed, and store opioid antagonists securely while keeping them accessible to authorized personnel

  • Mandates annual training for authorized employees and volunteers covering signs of opioid overdose, proper dosages for adults and children, administration procedures, post-administration emergency protocols, and disposal of used or expired opioid antagonists

  • Directs the executive commissioner to adopt rules establishing required quantities and dosages of opioid antagonists, inventory verification processes, and training requirements for each covered entity

  • Provides broad civil, criminal, and disciplinary immunity for entities, employees, volunteers, and other persons who act or fail to act in good faith under this section, and explicitly states the law does not create any new standard of care or cause of action

Legislative Description

Relating to the possession and administration of an opioid antagonist by certain entities.

Health

Last Action

Referred to Public Health

4/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Health4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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