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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to emergency opioid antagonists; 2
creating s. 1004.0971, F.S.; providing definitions; 3
requiring each Florida College System institution and 4
state university to have a supply of emergency opioid 5
antagonists in certain residence halls or dormitory 6
residences for use by specified resident assistants 7
and employees; providing requirements for the 8
placement and accessibility of emergency opioid 9
antagonists; providing training requirements; 10
encouraging public and private partnerships to cover 11
the costs of emergency opioid antagonists; providing 12
specified resident assistants and employees and 13
Florida College System institutions and state 14
universities immunity from liability for the 15
administration or attempted administration of 16
emergency opioid antagonists under certain 17
circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education 18
and the Board of Governors, in cooperation with the 19
Department Health, to adopt ru les and regulations, 20
respectively; providing an effective date. 21
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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Section 1. Section 1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida Coll ege 27
System institution and state university housing. — 28
(1) As used in this section, the term: 29
(a) "Administer" or "administration" means to introduce an 30
emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person. 31
(b) "Emergency opioid antagonist" means nal oxone 32
hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the 33
effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that 34
is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration 35
for the treatment of an opioid overdose. 36
(c) "Institution" means a Florida College System 37
institution or state university. 38
(2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency 39
opioid antagonists with an autoinjection delivery system or 40
intranasal application delivery system in each residence hall or 41
dormitory residence owned or operated by the institution for the 42
administration of emergency opioid antagonists to a person 43
believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose. 44
(3) Each institution must: 45
(a) Place the emergency opioid antagonist in a clearly 46
marked location within each residence hall or dormitory 47
residence. The emergency opioid antagonist must be easily 48
assessible to resident assistants of the residence hall or 49
dormitory residence or other institution employees who are 50
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trained in the administration of emerge ncy opioid antagonists. 51
(b) Provide training in the administration of emergency 52
opioid antagonists to at least one resident assistant or other 53
institution employee for each residence hall or dormitory 54
residence. 55
(4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to 56
cover the cost associated with the purchase and placement of the 57
emergency opioid antagonists. 58
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 59
contrary, any resident assistant or other institution employee 60
who is trained pursuant to p aragraph (3)(b) who administers or 61
attempts to administer an emergency opioid antagonist to a 62
person believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose is immune 63
from any civil or criminal liability, and the institution is 64
immune from any civil or criminal lia bility, as a result of such 65
resident assistant or employee administering or attempting to 66
administer the emergency opioid antagonist. 67
(6) The State Board of Education and the Board of 68
Governors, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall 69
adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to administer this 70
section. 71
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 72