Sen. Donne E. Trotter
Filed: 4/11/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2155




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2155 on page 1, 
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line 9, after "Director", by inserting "of the Division of 
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Alcoholism and Substance Abuse"; and


 
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on page 5, after line 8, by inserting the following:
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    "(d) Health care professional prescription of drug 
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overdose treatment medication.
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        (1) A health care professional, when prescribing an 
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    opioid antidote, shall provide to the patient information 
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    on the following: drug overdose prevention and 
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    recognition; how to perform rescue breathing and 
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    resuscitation; opioid antidote dosage and administration; 
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    the importance of calling 911; care for the overdose victim 
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    after administration of the overdose antidote; and other 
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    issues as necessary.  The health care professional shall 
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    document the provision of information in the patient's 
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    medical record.  The Director of the Division of Alcoholism 
 


 






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    and Substance Abuse, in consultation with statewide 
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    organizations representing physicians, advanced practice 
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    nurses, physician assistants, substance abuse programs, 
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    and other interested groups, shall develop and disseminate 
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    to health care professionals, community-based 
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    organizations, substance abuse programs, and other 
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    organizations training materials to facilitate the 
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    provision of such patient information.
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        (2) A health care professional who, acting in good 
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    faith, prescribes or  dispenses an opioid antidote to a 
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    patient who has received the information specified in 
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    paragraph (1) of this subsection and who, in the judgment 
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    of the health care professional, is capable of 
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    administering the drug in an emergency, shall not, as a 
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    result of his or her acts or omissions, be subject to 
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    disciplinary or other adverse action under the Medical 
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    Practice Act of 1987, the Physician Assistant Practice Act 
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    of 1987, the Nurse Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, 
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    or any other professional licensing statute.
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        (3) A person who is not otherwise licensed to 
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    administer an opioid antidote may in an emergency 
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    administer without fee an opioid antidote if the person has 
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    received the patient information specified in paragraph 
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    (1) of this subsection and believes in good faith that 
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    another person is experiencing a drug overdose. The person 
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    shall not, as a result of his or her acts or omissions, be 
 


 






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    liable for any violation of the Medical Practice Act, the 
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    Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987, the Nurse 
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    Practice Act, the Pharmacy Practice Act, or any other 
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    professional licensing statute, or subject to any criminal 
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    prosecution arising from or related to the unauthorized 
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    practice of medicine or the possession of an opioid 
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    antidote.
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        (4) For the purposes of this subsection:
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        "Opioid antidote" means naloxone hydrochloride or any 
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    other similarly acting and equally safe drug approved by 
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    the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of 
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    drug overdose.
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        "Health care professional" means a physician licensed 
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    to practice medicine in all its branches, a physician 
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    assistant who has been delegated the provision of health 
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    services by his or her supervising physician to prescribe 
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    or dispense an opioid antidote, or an advanced practice 
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    registered nurse who has a written collaborative agreement 
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    with a collaborating physician that authorizes the 
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    prescribing or dispensing of an opioid antidote."; and
 
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by deleting lines 9 through 24 on page 5 and lines 1 through 25 
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on page 6.