Drug-related Overdose Prevention
Summary
Drug-related Overdose Prevention; Revising the purpose of specified provisions relating to the prescribing, ordering, and dispensing of emergency opioid antagonists to certain persons by authorized health care practitioners; providing certain authorized persons immunity from civil or criminal liability for administering emergency opioid antagonists under certain circumstances; revising requirements for a certain health awareness campaign; requiring hospital emergency departments and urgent care centers to report incidents involving a suspected or actual overdose to the Department of Health under certain circumstances, etc.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Feb 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Signed Apr 6, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2022 · House Feb 24, 2022
How they voted
35–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 37
Feb 3, 2022
D
Democratic14
92% Yea
R
Republican23
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
39
Key actions
14
Committee
9
Apr 6, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (108283)
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 114, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 22, 2022
Lower · Passed
Amendment 108283 adopted
lower
Feb 17, 2022
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (703254)
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/27/22, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 19, 2022
Upper · Passed
Subcommittee Recommendation: CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 01/19/22, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Dec 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
upper
Dec 2, 2021
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
upper
Nov 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/02/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Nov 3, 2021
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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