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February 5, 2024 HB 24-1003
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 24-0221
Rep. McLachlan; Young
Sen. Simpson;
Michaelson Jenet
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
February 5, 2024
House Education
John Armstrong | 303-866-6289
john.armstrong@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: OPIATE ANTAGONISTS & DETECTION PRODUCTS IN SCHOOLS
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill extends the authority for stocking and administering medication to prevent
opiate overdoses to school bus drivers and allows districts and schools to maintain a
supply of non-laboratory additive detection tests. The bill will increase state and
school district workload in FY 2024-25 only.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Summary of Legislation
Under current law, specified school district staff members have civil and criminal immunity if
they receive training to administer certain medications, including opiate antagonists, to students
experiencing an opiate overdose. The bill extends these protections to school bus drivers and
other employees present on the bus, provided they receive the appropriate training.
The bill also allows school boards to adopt a policy to acquire and maintain a supply of
non-laboratory additive detection tests, which is designed to detect the presence of additional
harmful components to an opioid, such as fentanyl. Personnel who administer these detection
tests have similar civil and criminal immunity as for administering an opiate antagonist.
Finally, the bill allows school boards to maintain a supply of opiate antagonists on school buses,
and students to possess and administer opiate antagonists on school grounds, a school bus, or
at a school-sponsored event.
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State Expenditures
The bill increases state workload for the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) in FY 2024-25
to update its rules regarding staff and student procedures for maintaining a supply of opiate
antagonists and training for how to administer these medications. This additional workload is
expected to be minimal; no change in appropriations is required.
School District
School districts will have an increase in workload to update their policies and rules related to
training staff members, storage of opiate antagonists and non-laboratory additive detection
test, and student possession of opiate antagonists to reflect the changes in the bill. Similar to
the impact to the CDE, the workload is expected to be minimal. To the extent a district chooses
to purchase new or additional tests or to stock and place opiate antagonists on school buses,
costs will increase.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect 90 days following adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, assuming
no referendum petition is filed.
State and Local Government Contacts
Early Childhood Education
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit the General Assembly website.