EMS SYSTEMS-OVERDOSE REPORTING
Summary
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that covered vehicle service provider personnel who treat and either release or transport to a health care facility an individual experiencing a suspected or an actual opioid overdose shall document in the patient's care report the date and time of the overdose, the location in latitude and longitude where the overdose victim was initially encountered, whether one or more doses of an opioid overdose reversal drug was administered, and whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal when the overdose victim was initially encountered and during the transportation of the victim to a health care facility. Provides that a covered vehicle service provider shall also provide the information to a specified mapping application. Provides that the information documented by a covered vehicle service provider shall not be used in an opioid use-related criminal investigation or prosecution of the individual treated by the covered vehicle service provider personnel. Exempts from civil or criminal liability all covered vehicle service providers and covered vehicle service provider personnel who report the information in good faith. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement by the State. Effective immediately.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2019
Last action Mar 20, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 20, 2019
How they voted
97–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Mar 20, 2019
D
Democratic63
96% Yea
R
Republican37
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 20, 2019
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Mar 20, 2019
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Mar 20, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (97-0-3)
house
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 012-000-000
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Committee
Assigned to Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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