Hawaii 2024 Regular Session

Hawaii House Bill HCR64 Compare Versions

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1	1	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 64 THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 STATE OF HAWAII HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the department of Education to supply all classrooms with Narcan or another type of NALOXONE by September 1, 2024.
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3	3	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 64
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37	37	urging the department of Education to supply all classrooms with Narcan or another type of NALOXONE by September 1, 2024.
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43	43	WHEREAS, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there were more than eighty thousand reported overdose deaths involving opioid during 2020; and WHEREAS, deaths caused by opioids are often preventable through timely administration of an opioid antagonist, such as naloxone, also known as Narcan; and WHEREAS, opioid antagonists have been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and these medications have been used for more than forty years by emergency medical services personnel to reverse opioid overdoses; and WHEREAS, opioid antagonists have no psychoactive effects and do not have any potential for abuse, and first responders and persons with no medical training can learn to administer opioid antagonists safely; and WHEREAS, research has shown that the increased availability of opioid antagonists does not encourage people to use more drugs or engage in riskier behavior; and WHEREAS, under section 34-16.2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, various businesses that sell or serve liquor are required to maintain two doses of naloxone on their premises; and WHEREAS, placing naloxone doses in every public school classroom can help to prevent deaths caused by accidental opioid overdoses; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is urged to supply all classrooms with Narcan or another type of naloxone by September 1, 2024; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education and the Chairperson of the Board of Education. OFFERED BY: _____________________________ Report Title: Department of Education; Opioid; Narcan; Naloxone; Classrooms
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45	45	WHEREAS, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there were more than eighty thousand reported overdose deaths involving opioid during 2020; and
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49	49	WHEREAS, deaths caused by opioids are often preventable through timely administration of an opioid antagonist, such as naloxone, also known as Narcan; and
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53	53	WHEREAS, opioid antagonists have been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, and these medications have been used for more than forty years by emergency medical services personnel to reverse opioid overdoses; and
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57	57	WHEREAS, opioid antagonists have no psychoactive effects and do not have any potential for abuse, and first responders and persons with no medical training can learn to administer opioid antagonists safely; and
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61	61	WHEREAS, research has shown that the increased availability of opioid antagonists does not encourage people to use more drugs or engage in riskier behavior; and
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65	65	WHEREAS, under section 34-16.2, Revised Ordinances of Honolulu, various businesses that sell or serve liquor are required to maintain two doses of naloxone on their premises; and
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69	69	WHEREAS, placing naloxone doses in every public school classroom can help to prevent deaths caused by accidental opioid overdoses; now, therefore,
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73	73	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-second Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2024, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Education is urged to supply all classrooms with Narcan or another type of naloxone by September 1, 2024; and
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77	77	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Superintendent of Education and the Chairperson of the Board of Education.
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85	85	OFFERED BY: _____________________________
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