Bill Text: DE SCR11 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly | Draft

Delaware Senate Concurrent Resolution 11 (Prior Session Legislation)

Draft

Bill Title: Endorsing Increased Access To Naloxone In Schools In Delaware.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-6)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-04-23 - Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 2 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT [SCR11 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2015-SCR11-Draft.html

SPONSOR:	Sen. Hall-Long & Rep. Barbieri
	Sens. Cloutier, Lopez, Sokola, Townsend; Reps. Baumbach, Briggs King, Jaques, Keeley, Kenton, Mitchell, Potter, B. Short, Yearick

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11

ENDORSING INCREASED ACCESS TO NALOXONE IN SCHOOLS IN DELAWARE.

WHEREAS, globally, an estimated 69,000 people die each year from opioid overdose; and

WHEREAS, Delaware had the 10th highest drug overdose mortality rate in the United States in 2010; and

WHEREAS, the majority of drug overdose deaths in Delaware occur from opioid usage; and

WHEREAS, persons under the age of twenty five (25) accounted for approximately ten percent (10%) of drug overdose deaths in Delaware in 2010; and

WHEREAS, Delaware had 185 suspected overdose deaths in 2014 from all substances;

WHEREAS, nationwide, states are requiring naloxone to be on the list of must-have medications carried by first responders; and

WHEREAS, naloxone reverses the effects of opioid drugs, such as morphine, heroin and methadone; and

WHEREAS, public schools have a full time registered nurse in every facility; and

WHEREAS, the 147th General Assembly expanded naloxone access to allow family members, friends or individuals with an addiction to be trained on how to use the drug to reduce the effects of an opioid overdose; and

WHEREAS, the 147th General Assembly also greatly expanded access to allow peace officers to administer the drug to individuals suspected to be experiencing an opioid overdose; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education and Division of Public Health have begun planning to expand naloxone

access in the schools to be administered by school nurses in the 2015-2016 school year;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the 148th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the House of Representatives concurring therein, that access to naloxone in the schools is an important step in the on-going work to reduce the risk of opioid overdose in Delaware.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the General Assembly endorses the state agencies plans to expand naloxone access to school nurses, and urges Delaware school districts to work closely with the state to ensure broad access to students.

SYNOPSIS

This resolution endorses an expansion of naloxone access in Delaware's schools.

Author:Senator Hall-Long