Bill Text: MI SB0721 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Torts; other; "Good Samaritan" law; expand to apply to administration of a drug in response to a drug overdose. Amends 1963 PA 17 (MCL 691.1501 - 691.1507) by adding sec. 3.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-12 - Referred To Committee On Judiciary [SB0721 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0721-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 721

 

 

Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER.

 

 

     A bill to amend 1963 PA 17, entitled

 

"An act to relieve certain persons from civil liability when

rendering emergency care, when rendering care to persons involved

in competitive sports under certain circumstances, or when

participating in a mass immunization program approved by the

department of public health,"

 

(MCL 691.1501 to 691.1507) by adding section 3.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 3. (1) An individual who in good faith believes that

 

another individual is suffering the immediate effects of an

 

overdose of an opioid and who administers naloxone to the other

 

individual is not liable in a civil action for damages resulting

 

from the administration.

 

     (2) This section does not apply if the conduct of the

 

individual administering the naloxone is willful or wanton

 

misconduct.