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Sen. Melinda Bush
Filed: 2/22/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2535
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2535, AS AMENDED, |
| 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment |
| 4 | | No. 2, on page 14, by replacing lines 1 through 10 with the |
| 5 | | following: |
| 6 | | "(a-5) In a hospital or institution licensed under the |
| 7 | | Hospital Licensing Act, all prescribers of an opioid shall |
| 8 | | inform the patient that opioids are addictive and that opioid |
| 9 | | antagonists are available by prescription or from a pharmacy.
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| 10 | | Upon discharge, any patient who has overdosed on controlled |
| 11 | | substances shall be provided with an opioid antagonist in |
| 12 | | accordance with written, standardized procedures or protocols |
| 13 | | developed by the Department of Financial and Professional |
| 14 | | Regulation with the Department of Human Services and the |
| 15 | | Department of Public Health and filed at the pharmacy before |
| 16 | | implementation and are available to the Department of Human |
| 17 | | Services upon request. |
| 18 | | As used in this Section, "opioid antagonist" has the |