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| 2 | 2 | | SB0141A -1- SB 141 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 34-LS0269\N |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE BILL NO. 141 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY SENATOR GIESSEL |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 3/24/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Health and Social Services, Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR AN ACT ENTITLED |
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| 27 | 27 | | "An Act relating to automated external defibrillators in buildings open to the public; 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | relating to opioid overdose response kits in buildings open to the public; relating to civil 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | liability for providing opioid overdose drugs; and providing for an effective date." 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | * Section 1. AS 09.65.340(b) is amended to read: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) Except as provided in (c) of this section, a person who administers an 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | opioid overdose drug to another person who the person reasonably believes is 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | experiencing an opioid overdose emergency is not liable for civil damages resulting 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | from an act or omission in the emergency administration of the opioid overdose drug. 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | A person who provides and maintains an opioid overdose drug in a public place |
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| 38 | 38 | | for the purpose of ensuring the opioid overdose drug is readily available for 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | administration to a person experiencing an opioid overdose emergency is not 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | liable for civil damages resulting from an act or omission in the emergency 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | administration of the opioid overdose drug. 14 34-LS0269\N |
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| 42 | 42 | | SB 141 -2- SB0141A |
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| 45 | 45 | | * Sec. 2. AS 18.35 is amended by adding a new section to read: 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Article 4. Lifesaving Equipment in Buildings Open to the Public. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Sec. 18.35.400. Automated external defibrillators and opioid overdose 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | response kits in state buildings and buildings open to the public. (a) The state shall 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | provide and maintain an automated external defibrillator and an opioid overdose 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | response kit, along with appropriate identifying signs, on each floor of each building 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | owned or controlled and held by the state for government or public use. The 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | automated external defibrillator and opioid overdose response kit must be placed in a 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | central location on each floor. 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (b) The state shall make available free of charge to the owner or lessee of a 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | building that is open for public use 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (1) an automated external defibrillator, along with a clearly identifying 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | sign, for each floor of the building; and 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) an opioid overdose response kit, along with a clearly identifying 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | sign, for each floor of the building. 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (c) The Department of Health shall apply for and make reasonable efforts to 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | secure federal assistance that may be available to the state to assist with the cost of 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | providing and maintaining automated external defibrillators and opioid overdose 18 |
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| 63 | 63 | | response kits provided under this section. 19 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (d) The Department of Health shall adopt regulations to implement and 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | enforce this section. 21 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (e) In this section, "opioid overdose response kit" means a kit that contains at 22 |
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| 67 | 67 | | least two doses of a drug that reverses, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects 23 |
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| 68 | 68 | | of an opioid overdose, disposable gloves, disposable face shields for rescue breathing, 24 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and instructions for use. 25 |
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| 70 | 70 | | * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026. 26 |
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