SB2155sam001 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Donne E. Trotter

Filed: 4/11/2008

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2155

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2155 on page 1, line 9, after "Director", by inserting "of the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse"; and

on page 5, after line 8, by inserting the following:

"(d) Health care professional prescription of drug overdose treatment medication.

(1) A health care professional, when prescribing an opioid antidote, shall provide to the patient information on the following: drug overdose prevention and recognition; how to perform rescue breathing and resuscitation; opioid antidote dosage and administration; the importance of calling 911; care for the overdose victim after administration of the overdose antidote; and other issues as necessary. The health care professional shall document the provision of information in the patient's medical record. The Director of the Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, in consultation with statewide organizations representing physicians, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, substance abuse programs, and other interested groups, shall develop and disseminate to health care professionals, community-based organizations, substance abuse programs, and other organizations training materials to facilitate the provision of such patient information.

(2) A health care professional who, acting in good faith, prescribes or dispenses an opioid antidote to a patient who has received the information specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection and who, in the judgment of the health care professional, is capable of administering the drug in an emergency, shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be subject to disciplinary or other adverse action under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, or any other professional licensing statute.

(3) A person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antidote may in an emergency administer without fee an opioid antidote if the person has received the patient information specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection and believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose. The person shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be liable for any violation of the Medical Practice Act, the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, or any other professional licensing statute, or subject to any criminal prosecution arising from or related to the unauthorized practice of medicine or the possession of an opioid antidote.

(4) For the purposes of this subsection:

"Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of drug overdose.

"Health care professional" means a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician assistant who has been delegated the provision of health services by his or her supervising physician to prescribe or dispense an opioid antidote, or an advanced practice registered nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes the prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antidote."; and

by deleting lines 9 through 24 on page 5 and lines 1 through 25 on page 6.