Bill Text: FL S0542 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Emergency Opioid Antagonists
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2023-05-05 - Died in Messages; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 783 (Ch. 2023-184) [S0542 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S0542-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2023 SB 542
By Senator Boyd
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to emergency opioid antagonists;
3 creating s. 1004.0971, F.S.; providing definitions;
4 requiring each Florida College System institution and
5 state university to have a supply of emergency opioid
6 antagonists in certain residence halls or dormitory
7 residences for use by campus law enforcement;
8 providing requirements for the placement and
9 accessibility of emergency opioid antagonists;
10 encouraging public and private partnerships to cover
11 the costs of such emergency opioid antagonists;
12 providing specified campus law enforcement and Florida
13 College System institutions and state universities
14 immunity from liability for the administration or
15 attempted administration of emergency opioid
16 antagonists under certain circumstances; requiring the
17 State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to
18 adopt rules and regulations, respectively, in
19 cooperation with the Department of Health; providing
20 an effective date.
21
22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
23
24 Section 1. Section 1004.0971, Florida Statutes, is created
25 to read:
26 1004.0971 Emergency opioid antagonists in Florida College
27 System institution and state university housing.—
28 (1) As used in this section, the term:
29 (a) “Administer” or “administration” means to introduce an
30 emergency opioid antagonist into the body of a person.
31 (b) “Emergency opioid antagonist” means naloxone
32 hydrochloride or any similarly acting drug that blocks the
33 effects of opioids administered from outside the body and that
34 is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration
35 for the treatment of an opioid overdose.
36 (c) “Institution” means a Florida College System
37 institution or state university.
38 (2) Each institution must have a supply of emergency opioid
39 antagonists with an autoinjection or intranasal application
40 delivery system in each residence hall or dormitory residence
41 owned or operated by the institution for the administration of
42 emergency opioid antagonists to a person believed to be
43 experiencing an opioid overdose.
44 (3) Each institution must place the emergency opioid
45 antagonist in a clearly marked location within each residence
46 hall or dormitory residence. The emergency opioid antagonist
47 must be easily accessible to campus law enforcement officers who
48 are trained in the administration of emergency opioid
49 antagonists.
50 (4) Public and private partnerships are encouraged to cover
51 the cost associated with the purchase and placement of such
52 emergency opioid antagonists.
53 (5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
54 contrary, any campus law enforcement officer trained in the
55 administration of emergency opioid antagonists who administers
56 or attempts to administer an emergency opioid antagonist in
57 compliance with ss. 381.887 and 768.13, and the institution that
58 employs such officer, are immune from civil or criminal
59 liability as a result of such administration or attempted
60 administration of an emergency opioid antagonist.
61 (6) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
62 shall adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to administer
63 this section in cooperation with the Department of Health.
64 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
