Full Text of SB2155 95th General Assembly
SB2155sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Sen. Donne E. Trotter
Filed: 4/11/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2155
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2155 on page 1, | 3 |
| line 9, after " Director ", by inserting " of the Division of | 4 |
| Alcoholism and Substance Abuse "; and
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| on page 5, after line 8, by inserting the following: | 6 |
| " (d) Health care professional prescription of drug | 7 |
| overdose treatment medication. | 8 |
| (1) A health care professional, when prescribing an | 9 |
| opioid antidote, shall provide to the patient information | 10 |
| on the following: drug overdose prevention and | 11 |
| recognition; how to perform rescue breathing and | 12 |
| resuscitation; opioid antidote dosage and administration; | 13 |
| the importance of calling 911; care for the overdose victim | 14 |
| after administration of the overdose antidote; and other | 15 |
| issues as necessary. The health care professional shall | 16 |
| document the provision of information in the patient's | 17 |
| medical record. The Director of the Division of Alcoholism |
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| and Substance Abuse, in consultation with statewide | 2 |
| organizations representing physicians, advanced practice | 3 |
| nurses, physician assistants, substance abuse programs, | 4 |
| and other interested groups, shall develop and disseminate | 5 |
| to health care professionals, community-based | 6 |
| organizations, substance abuse programs, and other | 7 |
| organizations training materials to facilitate the | 8 |
| provision of such patient information. | 9 |
| (2) A health care professional who, acting in good | 10 |
| faith, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to a | 11 |
| patient who has received the information specified in | 12 |
| paragraph (1) of this subsection and who, in the judgment | 13 |
| of the health care professional, is capable of | 14 |
| administering the drug in an emergency, shall not, as a | 15 |
| result of his or her acts or omissions, be subject to | 16 |
| disciplinary or other adverse action under the Medical | 17 |
| Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act | 18 |
| of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, | 19 |
| or any other professional licensing statute. | 20 |
| (3) A person who is not otherwise licensed to | 21 |
| administer an opioid antidote may in an emergency | 22 |
| administer without fee an opioid antidote if the person has | 23 |
| received the patient information specified in paragraph | 24 |
| (1) of this subsection and believes in good faith that | 25 |
| another person is experiencing a drug overdose. The person | 26 |
| shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be |
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| liable for any violation of the Medical Practice Act, the | 2 |
| Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse | 3 |
| Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, or any other | 4 |
| professional licensing statute, or subject to any criminal | 5 |
| prosecution arising from or related to the unauthorized | 6 |
| practice of medicine or the possession of an opioid | 7 |
| antidote. | 8 |
| (4) For the purposes of this subsection: | 9 |
| "Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride or any | 10 |
| other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by | 11 |
| the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of | 12 |
| drug overdose. | 13 |
| "Health care professional" means a physician licensed | 14 |
| to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician | 15 |
| assistant who has been delegated the provision of health | 16 |
| services by his or her supervising physician to prescribe | 17 |
| or dispense an opioid antidote, or an advanced practice | 18 |
| registered nurse who has a written collaborative agreement | 19 |
| with a collaborating physician that authorizes the | 20 |
| prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antidote. "; and | 21 |
| by deleting lines 9 through 24 on page 5 and lines 1 through 25 | 22 |
| on page 6.
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