California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1996 Amended / Bill

Filed 05/16/2024

                    Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 11, 2024 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, of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1996, as amended, 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 toolkit for these establishments, and, by July 1, 2026, to notify these establishments of this training toolkit. The bill would describe various types of information authorized to be included in the toolkit, including, but not limited to, informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, as specified. The bill would require the department to collaborate with local, state, and national organizations to provide the staff of these establishments with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention and related topics.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YESNO  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 toolkit for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to be trained on how to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including by administering a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication.(b)The toolkit may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(1)Informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, including the administration of naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists.(2)Information on how to recognize signs of a drug or opioid overdose.(3)Information on how to respond in an emergency involving a drug or opioid overdose.(c)The State Department of Public Health may use any existing content or other relevant materials already developed, or develop new materials, for the toolkit.(d)The State Department of Public Health shall collaborate with local, state, and national organizations, which may include community health centers, community health experts, and nonprofit organizations with related expertise, to provide stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention, opioid and drug safety, and stigma reduction. (e)By July 1, 2026, the department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training toolkit offered in subdivision (a).

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 11, 2024 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, of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1996, as amended, 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 toolkit for these establishments, and, by July 1, 2026, to notify these establishments of this training toolkit. The bill would describe various types of information authorized to be included in the toolkit, including, but not limited to, informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, as specified. The bill would require the department to collaborate with local, state, and national organizations to provide the staff of these establishments with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention and related topics.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YESNO  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 11, 2024

Amended IN  Assembly  May 16, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  April 11, 2024

 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, of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioids. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1996, as amended, 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 toolkit for these establishments, and, by July 1, 2026, to notify these establishments of this training toolkit. The bill would describe various types of information authorized to be included in the toolkit, including, but not limited to, informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, as specified. The bill would require the department to collaborate with local, state, and national organizations to provide the staff of these establishments with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention and related topics.

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 toolkit for these establishments, and, by July 1, 2026, to notify these establishments of this training toolkit. The bill would describe various types of information authorized to be included in the toolkit, including, but not limited to, informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, as specified. The bill would require the department to collaborate with local, state, and national organizations to provide the staff of these establishments with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention and related topics.

## 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 toolkit for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to be trained on how to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including by administering a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication.(b)The toolkit may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:(1)Informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, including the administration of naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists.(2)Information on how to recognize signs of a drug or opioid overdose.(3)Information on how to respond in an emergency involving a drug or opioid overdose.(c)The State Department of Public Health may use any existing content or other relevant materials already developed, or develop new materials, for the toolkit.(d)The State Department of Public Health shall collaborate with local, state, and national organizations, which may include community health centers, community health experts, and nonprofit organizations with related expertise, to provide stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention, opioid and drug safety, and stigma reduction. (e)By July 1, 2026, the department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training toolkit 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.





(a)The State Department of Public Health shall develop an opioid overdose training toolkit for stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff to be trained on how to effectively identify and respond to an opioid overdose, including by administering a federally approved opioid overdose reversal medication.



(b)The toolkit may include, but is not limited to, all of the following:



(1)Informational videos, graphics, and trainings on how to respond during a drug or opioid overdose, including the administration of naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonists.



(2)Information on how to recognize signs of a drug or opioid overdose.



(3)Information on how to respond in an emergency involving a drug or opioid overdose.



(c)The State Department of Public Health may use any existing content or other relevant materials already developed, or develop new materials, for the toolkit.



(d)The State Department of Public Health shall collaborate with local, state, and national organizations, which may include community health centers, community health experts, and nonprofit organizations with related expertise, to provide stadium, concert venue, and amusement park staff with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased educational materials on opioid and drug overdose prevention, opioid and drug safety, and stigma reduction.



 (e)By July 1, 2026, the department shall notify stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks of the training toolkit offered in subdivision (a).