HLS 20RS-1324 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 863
BY REPRESENTATIVE HILFERTY
DRUGS/CONTROLLED: Authorizes certain individuals licensed by the Louisiana State
Board of Private Security Examiners to administer naloxone and other opioid
antagonists
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 37:3284.1, relative to security officers licensed by the Louisiana State Board
3 of Private Security Examiners; to provide for the administration of certain
4 medication; to authorize contract security companies licensed by the Louisiana State
5 Board of Private Security Examiners to adopt a policy relative to the supply and
6 administration of opioid antagonists; to provide for training relative to such
7 administration; and to provide for related matters.
8Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 37:3284.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง3284. Administration of medication; training of security officers
11 The board may adopt a policy that authorizes a contract security company,
12 as defined in R.S. 37:3272, to maintain a supply of naloxone or other opioid
13 antagonists and authorizes a security officer to administer naloxone or other opioid
14 antagonist to a person in the event of an actual or perceived opioid emergency. Such
15 a policy shall require that security officers receive at least six hours of general
16 training, including training or emergency administration from a registered nurse or
17 a licensed medical physician prior to being authorized to perform such
18 administration. A contract security company that does not adopt such a policy shall
19 not be subject to civil liability for failing to authorize such supply or administration.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-1324 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 863
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 863 Original 2020 Regular Session Hilferty
Abstract: Authorizes contract security companies licensed by the La. State Board of
Private Security Examiners to adopt a policy relative to the supply and
administration of naloxone and other opioid antagonists.
Proposed law authorizes contract security company licensed pursuant to present law to adopt
a policy to maintain a supply of naloxone and allow contract security officers of the security
company to administer naloxone or other opioid antagonist to a person in the event of an
actual or perceived opioid emergency.
Proposed law further provides that such a policy shall require that a security officer receive
at least six hours of general training from a registered nurse or licensed medical physician
prior to being authorized to perform such administration.
Proposed law also adds that a contract security company that does not adopt a policy shall
not be subject to civil liability for not authorizing such supply or administration.
(Adds R.S. 37:3284.1)
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