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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; providing requirements for the placement 7
and accessibility of emergency opioid antagonists for 8
certain campus law enforcement officers; en couraging 9
public and private partnerships to cover the costs of 10
such emergency opioid antagonists; providing immunity 11
from liability for certain campus law enforcement 12
officers and Florida College System institutions and 13
state universities for the administ ration or attempted 14
administration of emergency opioid antagonists under 15
certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of 16
Education and the Board of Governors to adopt rules 17
and regulations, respectively, in cooperation with the 18
Department of Health; pr oviding an effective date. 19
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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Section 1. Section 1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is created 23
to read: 24
1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College 25
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System institution and state univ ersity housing.— 26
(1) As used in this section, the term: 27
(a) "Administer" or "administration" means to introduce an 28
emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person. 29
(b) "Emergency opioid antagonist" means naloxone 30
hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the 31
effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that 32
is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration 33
for the treatment of an opioid overdose. 34
(c) "Institution" means a Florida College System 35
institution or state university. 36
(2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency 37
opioid antagonists with an autoinjection or intranasal 38
application delivery system in each residence hall or dormitory 39
residence owned or operated by the institution for the 40
administration of emergency opioid antagonists to a person 41
believed to be experiencing an opioid overdose. 42
(3) Each institution must place the emergency opioid 43
antagonist in a clearly marked location within each residence 44
hall or dormitory residence. The emer gency opioid antagonist 45
must be easily accessible to campus law enforcement officers who 46
are trained in the administration of emergency opioid 47
antagonists. 48
(4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to 49
cover the costs associated with the purchase and placement of 50
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such emergency opioid antagonists. 51
(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 52
contrary, any campus law enforcement officer trained in the 53
administration of emergency opioid antagonists who administers 54
or attempts to administe r an emergency opioid antagonist in 55
compliance with ss. 381.887 and 768.13, and the institution that 56
employs such officer, are immune from civil or criminal 57
liability as a result of such administration or attempted 58
administration of an emergency opioid ant agonist. 59
(6) The State Board of Education and the Board of 60
Governors shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to 61
administer this section in cooperation with the Department of 62
Health. 63
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 64