SB 544 — Drug-related Overdose Prevention

Florida Senate - 2022 CS for SB 544 FirstBy Engrossedthe 2022544e1Committee Aon billAppropriations; to be entitled An act relating to drug-related overdose prevention;

and Senator Boyd 576-02399-22 2022544c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to drug-related overdose prevention;

amending s.

1002.20, F.S.;

authorizing a public school to purchase or enter into an arrangement to receive a supply of the opioid antagonist naloxone for a certain purpose;

specifying requirements for the maintenance of the naloxone;

requiring the school district to adopt a protocol for Page 1 of 6 CODING:

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CS for SB 544 First Engrossed 2022544e1 the administration of naloxone;

providing that a school district and its employees and agents and the physician who provides the protocol are not liable for any injury arising from the administration of the naloxone pursuant to the protocol;

providing an exception;

381.887Page Emergency1 treatment for suspected opioid overdose.— (2) The purpose of this4 sectionCODING: is to provide for the prescribing, ordering, and dispensing prescription of emergency opioid antagonists an emergency opioid antagonist to patients and caregivers and to encourage the prescribing, ordering, and dispensing prescription of emergency opioid antagonists by authorized health care practitioners.

(3)(a) An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist to, and a pharmacist may order an emergency opioid antagonist with an autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery system for, a patient or caregiver for use in accordance with this section., and (b) A pharmacist pharmacists may dispense an emergency opioid antagonist pursuant to a prescription by an authorized health care practitioner.

A pharmacist may dispense an emergency opioid antagonist with such a prescription or pursuant to a non- patient-specific standing order for an autoinjection delivery Page 2 of 6 CODING:

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(3)(a) An authorized health care practitioner may prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist to, and a pharmacist may order an emergency opioid antagonist with an autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery system for, a patient or caregiver for use in accordance with this section., and (b) A pharmacist pharmacists may dispense an emergency opioid antagonist pursuant to a prescription by an authorized health care practitioner.

A pharmacist may dispense an emergency opioid antagonist with such a prescription or pursuant to a non- patient-specific standing order for an autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery system, which must be appropriately labeled with instructions for use, pursuant to a pharmacist’s order or pursuant to a nonpatient-specific standing order.

(4)Page The2 following persons are authorized to possess, store, and administer emergency opioid antagonists as clinically indicated and are immune from any civil liability or criminal liability as a result of administering4 anCODING: emergency opioid antagonist:

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Florida Senate - 2022 CS for SB 544 576-02399-22 2022544c1 (4) The following persons are authorized to possess, store, and administer emergency opioid antagonists as clinically indicated and are immune from any civil liability or criminal liability as a result of administering an emergency opioid antagonist:

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CS for SB 544 First Engrossed 2022544e1 Section 2.

(r)Page Substance3 abuse,of including,4 butCODING: not limited to, emergency opioid antagonists.

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Florida Senate - 2022 CS for SB 544 576-02399-22 2022544c1 (r) Substance abuse, including, but not limited to, emergency opioid antagonists.

If a hospital emergency department or an urgent care center reports such an incident, it must use its best Pageefforts 4to make the report to the department within 120 hours after becoming aware of 6the CODING:incident.

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CS for SB 544 First Engrossed 2022544e1 efforts to make the report to the department within 120 hours after becoming aware of the incident.

Paragraph (o) is added to subsection (3) of section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:

1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public school students must receive accurate and timely information regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed of ways they can help their child to succeed in school.

K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following:

(3) HEALTH ISSUES.— (o) Naloxone use and supply.— 1.

A public school may purchase a supply of the opioid antagonist naloxone from a wholesale distributor as defined in s.

499.003 or may enter into an arrangement with a wholesale distributor or manufacturer as defined in s.