SB 2155

Abstract

Amends the Alcoholism and Other Drug Abuse and Dependency Act and the Good Samaritan Act. Provides that the Director of Human Services may publish an annual report on statewide drug overdose trends, may establish a program to provide for the publication of drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response literature, may provide advice to State and local officials concerning drug overdose problems, and may award grants to create or support local drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response projects. Provides for civil and criminal immunity for (i) any person who is not otherwise licensed to administer an opioid antagonist if he or she, acting with reasonable care, administers without fee an opioid antagonist and believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose and (ii) a health care provider who, acting in good faith, prescribes, dispenses, or distributes an opioid antagonist to a person who, in the judgment of the health care provider, is capable of administering the drug in an emergency, and that person (A) believes in good faith that another person is experiencing a drug overdose and (B) administers the opioid antagonist to the other person. Effective January 1, 2009.