CS/HB 751: Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose
GENERAL BILL by Civil Justice Subcommittee ; Gonzalez ; Stevenson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Albritton ; Artiles ; Burton ; Costello ; Edwards ; Jacobs ; Pilon ; Raburn ; Rooney ; Steube ; Stevenson ; Van Zant
Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose; Cites this act as the "Emergency Treatment and Recovery Act"; defining terms; providing a purpose; authorizing certain health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist to a patient or caregiver under certain conditions; authorizing pharmacists to dispense an emergency opioid antagonist under certain circumstances; authorizing storage, possession, and administration of an emergency opioid antagonist by a patient or caregiver and certain emergency responders; providing immunity from liability; providing immunity from professional sanction or disciplinary action for certain health care practitioners and pharmacists, under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing that a duty or standard of care is not created by the section, etc.
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/16/2015 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/26/2015 | House |
• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 62 |
| 3/2/2015 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/04/15, 9:00 am, 306 HOB |
| 3/3/2015 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 61 |
| 3/4/2015 | House |
• Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 172 • Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee -HJ 172 |
| 3/9/2015 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/11/15, 9:00 am, Sumner Hall |
| 3/11/2015 | House |
• CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 223 |
| 3/12/2015 | House |
• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 221 |
| 3/13/2015 | House |
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 229 |
| 3/17/2015 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/19/15, 9:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 3/19/2015 | House |
• Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 -HJ 277 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 277 |
| 4/13/2015 | House |
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/15 |
| 4/15/2015 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 539 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/16/2015 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 565 • CS passed; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 565 |
| 4/21/2015 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 450 • Received -SJ 450 |
| 4/24/2015 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 613 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 613 • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 758 -SJ 613 • Read 2nd time -SJ 613 • Amendment(s) adopted (547870) -SJ 613 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/27/2015 | Senate |
• Read 3rd time -SJ 681 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 681 |
| 4/27/2015 | House |
• In returning messages |
| 4/28/2015 | House |
• Was taken up -HJ 909 • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (547870) -HJ 910 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 1 -HJ 910 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 910 |
| 5/26/2015 |
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
|
| 6/10/2015 |
• Approved by Governor |
|
| 6/11/2015 |
• Chapter No. 2015-123 |
