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DHS-GOOD SAMARITN-DRUG OVRDOSE Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that the Director of Human Services may publish an annual report on statewide drug overdose trends, may establish a program to provide for the publication of drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response literature, may provide advice to State and local officials concerning drug overdose problems, and may award grants to create or support local drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response projects. Provides for civil and criminal immunity for (i) any person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antagonist if he or she, acting with reasonable care, administers without fee an opioid antagonist and believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose and (ii) a health care provider who, acting in good faith, prescribes, dispenses, or distributes an opioid antagonist to a person who, in the judgment of [...]

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  • 07/01/2008 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Rules
  • 05/31/2008 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As January 13, 2009
  • 04/29/2008 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
  • 04/17/2008 - Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2008
  • 04/16/2008 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Public Health; 007-002-000

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SB2155 Bill Text Senate Amendment 001 PDF04/11/2008
SB2155 Bill Text Introduced PDF02/14/2008