Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1376
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 20-34-4.5.
Synopsis: Opioid overdose reversal medication in schools. Sets forth
certain requirements concerning FDA approved opioid overdose
reversal medication.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
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January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1376
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 20-34-4.5-0.2, AS ADDED BY P.L.117-2017,
2 SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 0.2. As used in this chapter, "emergency
4 medication" means any of the following:
5 (1) Albuterol.
6 (2) Epinephrine.
7 (3) Naloxone, A federal Food and Drug Administration
8 approved opioid overdose reversal medication, including
9 nasal spray, as an overdose intervention drug that is subject to
10 IC 16-42-27.
11 SECTION 2. IC 20-34-4.5-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.164-2023,
12 SECTION 55, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
13 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a
14 school or a school corporation may:
15 (1) fill a prescription or statewide standing order for an
16 emergency medication; and
17 (2) store the emergency medication:
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1 (A) if the prescription or statewide standing order is filled by
2 a school, in the school; or
3 (B) if the prescription or statewide standing order is filled by
4 a school corporation, in a school in the school corporation;
5 and
6 (3) work in cooperation with an opioid overdose prevention
7 organization to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
8 if a health care provider who is licensed in Indiana and whose scope of
9 practice includes the prescribing of medication writes the prescription
10 or the state health commissioner issues a statewide standing order for
11 the emergency medication for the school or school corporation.
12 (b) The school shall store the emergency medication in a safe
13 location in which only school employees have access.
14 (c) A school or a school corporation shall:
15 (1) fill a statewide standing order or prescription for a federal
16 Food and Drug Administration approved opioid overdose
17 reversal medication, including nasal spray; and
18 (2) store the medication described in subdivision (1) in a
19 location in the school that is readily accessible for use by a
20 school nurse or by a school employee who has received
21 training described in section 2 of this chapter.
22 SECTION 3. IC 20-34-4.5-3, AS AMENDED BY P.L.164-2023,
23 SECTION 56, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
24 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 3. (a) A health care provider who is licensed in
25 Indiana and whose scope of practice includes the prescribing of
26 medication may:
27 (1) write; or
28 (2) transmit in an electronic format for an electronically
29 transmitted prescription;
30 a prescription, drug order, or protocol for an emergency medication for
31 a school or school corporation.
32 (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), the state health
33 commissioner or the state health commissioner's designee who is a
34 licensed prescriber may issue a statewide standing order, prescription,
35 or protocol for emergency stock medication for schools or school
36 corporations.
37 (c) Except as provided in subsection (e), a pharmacist licensed
38 under IC 25-26 may dispense a valid prescription, drug order, standing
39 order, or protocol for an emergency medication issued in the name of
40 a school or school corporation.
41 (d) The state health commissioner or the state health
42 commissioner's designee who is a licensed prescriber shall issue a
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1 statewide standing order, prescription, or protocol for a federal
2 Food and Drug Administration approved opioid overdose reversal
3 medication, including nasal spray, for each:
4 (1) school; or
5 (2) school corporation on behalf of each school.
6 The standing order, prescription, or protocol shall provide at least
7 two (2) individual doses of a federal Food and Drug Administration
8 approved opioid overdose reversal medication per five hundred
9 (500) students enrolled at a school.
10 (e) A pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26 shall dispense a valid
11 prescription, drug order, standing order, or protocol for a federal
12 Food and Drug Administration approved opioid overdose reversal
13 medication issued in the name of a school or a school corporation
14 on behalf of each school.
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