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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the emergency opioid antagonists in 2
public K-12 schools and postsecondary educational 3
institutions; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing 4
public schools to purchase, use, and maintain a supply 5
of emergency opioid antagonists that meet specified 6
criteria, rather than only naloxone; amending s. 7
1004.0971, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 8
"emergency opioid antagonist"; providing an eff ective 9
date. 10
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12
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Section 1. Paragraph (o) of subsection (3) of section 14
1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15
1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights. —Parents of public 16
school students must receive accurate and timely information 17
regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed 18
of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K -12 19
students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 20
rights including, but not limited to, the following: 21
(3) HEALTH ISSUES.— 22
(o) Emergency opioid antagonist Naloxone use and supply.— 23
1. A public school may purchase a supply of a United 24
States Food and Drug Administration -approved emergency the 25
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opioid antagonist naloxone from a wholesale distributor as 26
defined in s. 499.003 or may enter into an arrangement with a 27
wholesale distributor or manufacturer as defined in s. 499.003 28
for such emergency opioid antagonist naloxone at fair-market, 29
free, or reduced prices for use in the even t that a student has 30
an opioid overdose. The emergency opioid antagonist naloxone 31
must be maintained in a secure location on the public school's 32
premises. 33
2. A school district employee who administers an approved 34
emergency opioid antagonist to a student in compliance with ss. 35
381.887 and 768.13 is immune from civil liability under s. 36
768.13. 37
Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 38
1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 39
1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College 40
System institution and state university housing. — 41
(1) As used in this section, the term: 42
(b) "Emergency opioid antagonist" means a naloxone 43
hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the 44
effects of opioids administered from outside the bod y and that 45
is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration 46
for the emergency treatment of an opioid overdose. 47
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 48