CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1996Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisJanuary 30, 2024 An act to amend Section 11871 of, and to add Section 11873 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1996, as introduced, Alanis. Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks: overdose training.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law requires each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known. The bill would require the department to develop an opioid overdose training program for these establishments and to notify these establishments of this training program. The bill would authorize the department to provide the overdose training program onsite.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11871 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.SEC. 2. Section 11873 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1996Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisJanuary 30, 2024 An act to amend Section 11871 of, and to add Section 11873 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1996, as introduced, Alanis. Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks: overdose training.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law requires each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known. The bill would require the department to develop an opioid overdose training program for these establishments and to notify these establishments of this training program. The bill would authorize the department to provide the overdose training program onsite.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1996
Introduced by Assembly Member AlanisJanuary 30, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Alanis
January 30, 2024
An act to amend Section 11871 of, and to add Section 11873 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1996, as introduced, Alanis. Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks: overdose training.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law requires each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known. The bill would require the department to develop an opioid overdose training program for these establishments and to notify these establishments of this training program. The bill would authorize the department to provide the overdose training program onsite.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law requires each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.
This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known. The bill would require the department to develop an opioid overdose training program for these establishments and to notify these establishments of this training program. The bill would authorize the department to provide the overdose training program onsite.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 11871 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.SEC. 2. Section 11873 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11871 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.
SECTION 1. Section 11871 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.
11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.
11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.
11871. (a) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall, at all times, maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises and ensure that at least two employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist.
(b) Each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park shall ensure that the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist is easily accessible and its location is widely known.
SEC. 2. Section 11873 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
SEC. 2. Section 11873 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).
11873. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training program for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including how to administer naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists. The department may provide the overdose training program onsite.
(b) The department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training program offered in subdivision (a).