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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to drug -related overdose prevention; 2
amending s. 381.887, F.S.; revising the purpose of 3
specified provisions relating to the prescribing, 4
ordering, and dispensing of emergency opioid 5
antagonists to certain persons by authorized health 6
care practitioners; authorizing pharmacists to order 7
certain emergency opioid antagonists; providing 8
certain authorized persons immunity from civil or 9
criminal liability for administering emergency opioid 10
antagonists under certain circumstances; authorizing 11
personnel of law enforcement agencies and other 12
agencies to administer emergency opioid antagonists 13
under certain circumstances; amending s. 381.981, 14
F.S.; revising requirements for a certain health 15
awareness campaign; amending s. 395.1041, F.S.; 16
requiring hospital emergency departments and urgent 17
care centers to report incidents involving a suspected 18
or actual overdose to the Department of Health under 19
certain circumstances; providing requirements for the 20
reports; requiring hospital emergency rooms and urgent 21
care centers to use their best efforts to report such 22
incidents to the department within a specified 23
timeframe; providing an effective date. 24
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 26
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Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 28
381.887, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 29
381.887 Emergency treatment for suspected opioid 30
overdose.— 31
(2) The purpose of this section is t o provide for the 32
prescribing, ordering, and dispensing prescription of emergency 33
opioid antagonists an emergency opioid antagonist to patients 34
and caregivers and to encourage the prescribing, ordering, and 35
dispensing prescription of emergency opioid antag onists by 36
authorized health care practitioners. 37
(3)(a) An authorized health care practitioner may 38
prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist to , and a 39
pharmacist may order an emergency opioid antagonist with an 40
autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery 41
system for, a patient or caregiver for use in accordance with 42
this section., and 43
(b) A pharmacist pharmacists may dispense an emergency 44
opioid antagonist pursuant to a prescription by an authorized 45
health care practitione r. A pharmacist may dispense an emergency 46
opioid antagonist with such a prescription or pursuant to a non -47
patient-specific standing order for an autoinjection delivery 48
system or intranasal application delivery system, which must be 49
appropriately labeled wi th instructions for use , pursuant to a 50
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pharmacist's order or pursuant to a nonpatient -specific standing 51
order. 52
(c) A such patient or caregiver is authorized to store and 53
possess approved emergency opioid antagonists and, in an 54
emergency situation when a physician is not immediately 55
available, administer the emergency opioid antagonist to a 56
person believed in good faith to be experiencing an opioid 57
overdose, regardless of whether that person has a prescription 58
for an emergency opioid antagonist. 59
(4) The following persons are authorized to possess, 60
store, and administer emergency opioid antagonists as clinically 61
indicated and are immune from any civil liability or criminal 62
liability as a result of administering an emergency opioid 63
antagonist: 64
(a) Emergency responders, including, but not limited to, 65
law enforcement officers, paramedics, and emergency medical 66
technicians. 67
(b) Crime laboratory personnel for the statewide criminal 68
analysis laboratory system as described in s. 943.32, including, 69
but not limited to, analysts, evidence intake personnel, and 70
their supervisors. 71
(c) Personnel of a law enforcement agency or other agency, 72
including, but not limited to, correctional probation officers 73
and child protective investigators who, while acting within the 74
scope or course of employment, come into contact with a 75
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controlled substance or persons at risk of experiencing an 76
opioid overdose. 77
Section 2. Paragraph (r) of subsection (2) of section 78
381.981, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 79
381.981 Health awareness campaigns. — 80
(2) The awareness campaigns shall include the provision of 81
educational information about preventing, detecting, treating, 82
and curing the following diseases or conditions. Additional 83
diseases and conditions that impact the public hea lth may be 84
added by the board of directors of the Florida Public Health 85
Institute, Inc.; however, each of the following diseases or 86
conditions must be included in an awareness campaign during at 87
least 1 month in any 24 -month period: 88
(r) Substance abuse , including, but not limited to, 89
emergency opioid antagonists . 90
Section 3. Subsection (8) is added to section 395.1041, 91
Florida Statutes, to read: 92
395.1041 Access to emergency services and care. — 93
(8) REPORTING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSES. —A 94
hospital emergency department or an urgent care center that 95
treats and releases a person in response to a suspected or 96
actual overdose of a controlled substance must report such 97
incident to the department if the patient was not transported by 98
an emergency medical services vehicle as defined in s. 401.23. 99
Such reports must be made using an appropriate method with 100
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secure access, including, but not limited to, the 101
Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Overdose 102
Detection Mapping Application Program, the Florida Prehospital 103
EMS Tracking and Reporting System (EMSTARS), or another program 104
identified by department rule. If a hospital emergency 105
department or an urgent care center reports such an incident, it 106
must use its best efforts to make the report to the department 107
within 120 hours after becoming aware of the incident. 108
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 109