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Florida House Bill H0039

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to emergency opioid antagonists; 2
1616 creating s. 1004.0971, F.S.; providing definitions; 3
1717 requiring each Florida College System institution and 4
1818 state university to have a supply of emergency opioid 5
1919 antagonists in certain residence halls or dormitory 6
20-residences; providing requirements for the placement 7
21-and accessibility of emergency opioid antagonists for 8
22-certain campus law enforcement officers; en couraging 9
23-public and private partnerships to cover the costs of 10
24-such emergency opioid antagonists; providing immunity 11
25-from liability for certain campus law enforcement 12
26-officers and Florida College System institutions and 13
27-state universities for the administ ration or attempted 14
28-administration of emergency opioid antagonists under 15
29-certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of 16
30-Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules 17
31-and regulations, respectively, in cooperation with the 18
32-Department of Health; pr oviding an effective date. 19
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34-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
20+residences for use by specified resident assistants 7
21+and employees; providing requirements for the 8
22+placement and accessibility of emergency opioid 9
23+antagonists; providing training requirements; 10
24+encouraging public and private partnerships to cover 11
25+the costs of emergency opioid antagonists; providing 12
26+specified resident assistants and employees and 13
27+Florida College System institutions and state 14
28+universities immunity from liability for the 15
29+administration or attempted administration of 16
30+emergency opioid antagonists under certain 17
31+circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education 18
32+and the Board of Governors, in cooperation with the 19
33+Department Health, to adopt ru les and regulations, 20
34+respectively; providing an effective date. 21
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36- Section 1. Section 1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is created 23
37-to read: 24
38- 1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College 25
36+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 23
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38+ Section 1. Section 1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is created 25
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4747 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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51-System institution and state univ ersity housing.— 26
52- (1) As used in this section, the term: 27
53- (a) "Administer" or "administration" means to introduce an 28
54-emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person. 29
55- (b) "Emergency opioid antagonist" means naloxone 30
56-hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the 31
57-effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that 32
58-is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration 33
59-for the treatment of an opioid overdose. 34
60- (c) "Institution" means a Florida College System 35
61-institution or state university. 36
62- (2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency 37
63-opioid antagonists with an autoinjection or intranasal 38
64-application delivery system in each residence hall or dormitory 39
65-residence owned or operated by the institution for the 40
66-administration of emergency opioid antagonists to a person 41
67-believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose. 42
68- (3) Each institution must place the emergency opioid 43
69-antagonist in a clearly marked location within each residence 44
70-hall or dormitory residence. The emer gency opioid antagonist 45
71-must be easily accessible to campus law enforcement officers who 46
72-are trained in the administration of emergency opioid 47
73-antagonists. 48
74- (4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to 49
75-cover the costs associated with the purchase and placement of 50
51+to read: 26
52+ 1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida Coll ege 27
53+System institution and state university housing. — 28
54+ (1) As used in this section, the term: 29
55+ (a) "Administer" or "administration" means to introduce an 30
56+emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person. 31
57+ (b) "Emergency opioid antagonist" means nal oxone 32
58+hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the 33
59+effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that 34
60+is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration 35
61+for the treatment of an opioid overdose. 36
62+ (c) "Institution" means a Florida College System 37
63+institution or state university. 38
64+ (2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency 39
65+opioid antagonists with an autoinjection delivery system or 40
66+intranasal application delivery system in each residence hall or 41
67+dormitory residence owned or operated by the institution for the 42
68+administration of emergency opioid antagonists to a person 43
69+believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose. 44
70+ (3) Each institution must: 45
71+ (a) Place the emergency opioid antagonist in a clearly 46
72+marked location within each residence hall or dormitory 47
73+residence. The emergency opioid antagonist must be easily 48
74+assessible to resident assistants of the residence hall or 49
75+dormitory residence or other institution employees who are 50
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8484 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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88-such emergency opioid antagonists. 51
89- (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 52
90-contrary, any campus law enforcement officer trained in the 53
91-administration of emergency opioid antagonists who administers 54
92-or attempts to administe r an emergency opioid antagonist in 55
93-compliance with ss. 381.887 and 768.13, and the institution that 56
94-employs such officer, are immune from civil or criminal 57
95-liability as a result of such administration or attempted 58
96-administration of an emergency opioid ant agonist. 59
97- (6) The State Board of Education and the Board of 60
98-Governors shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to 61
99-administer this section in cooperation with the Department of 62
100-Health. 63
101- Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 64
88+trained in the administration of emerge ncy opioid antagonists. 51
89+ (b) Provide training in the administration of emergency 52
90+opioid antagonists to at least one resident assistant or other 53
91+institution employee for each residence hall or dormitory 54
92+residence. 55
93+ (4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to 56
94+cover the cost associated with the purchase and placement of the 57
95+emergency opioid antagonists. 58
96+ (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 59
97+contrary, any resident assistant or other institution employee 60
98+who is trained pursuant to p aragraph (3)(b) who administers or 61
99+attempts to administer an emergency opioid antagonist to a 62
100+person believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose is immune 63
101+from any civil or criminal liability, and the institution is 64
102+immune from any civil or criminal lia bility, as a result of such 65
103+resident assistant or employee administering or attempting to 66
104+administer the emergency opioid antagonist. 67
105+ (6) The State Board of Education and the Board of 68
106+Governors, in cooperation with the Department of Health, shall 69
107+adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to administer this 70
108+section. 71
109+ Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 72