Relates to providing discharged patients with opioid overdose education and opioid antagonists for take home use
Summary
Requires the provision of opioid overdose education where a patient is about to be discharged or conditionally released from an inpatient facility or the release of an inmate who has been diagnosed with an opioid use disorder; further requires at discharge from the hospital that such individual be provided with two doses of opioid antagonists in a form approved for take home use by the federal food and drug administration.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Aug 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Aug 14, 2019
Last action Feb 4, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 4, 2020
How they voted
47–6
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 54
Feb 4, 2020
D
Democratic36
97% Yea
R
Republican18
66% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
upper
Aug 14, 2019
Committee
REFERRED TO RULES
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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