Bill Text: IA HSB634 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act creating an opioid antagonist medication fund for first responders.(See HF 2323, HF 2573.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-08 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2323. [HSB634 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB634-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
634
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
KLEIN)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
creating
an
opioid
antagonist
medication
fund
for
first
1
responders.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135.190A
Opioid
antagonist
1
medication
fund.
2
1.
An
opioid
antagonist
medication
fund
for
first
3
responders
is
created
within
the
state
treasury
under
the
4
control
of
the
department.
The
fund
shall
consist
of
moneys
5
appropriated
to
or
deposited
into
the
fund.
6
2.
Moneys
in
the
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
7
the
purchase,
maintenance,
and
replacement
of
opioid
antagonist
8
medication
administered
by
first
responders
to
persons
9
experiencing
an
opioid-related
overdose.
The
department
is
10
authorized
to
designate
moneys
in
the
fund
for
the
purchase,
11
maintenance,
and
replacement
of
opioid
antagonist
medication
12
used
by
the
department
or
other
entities
under
this
section.
13
3.
State
and
local
law
enforcement
agencies
and
fire
14
departments
may
make
application
to
the
fund
for
the
15
procurement
of
opioid
antagonist
medications.
16
4.
The
fund
may
consist
of
available
federal
or
state
moneys
17
available,
as
well
as
any
available
opioid
lawsuit
settlement
18
moneys.
Funds
may
be
transferred
between
other
state
agencies
19
and
the
fund
as
appropriate.
20
5.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
in
the
fund
21
that
remain
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
a
22
fiscal
year
shall
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
23
expenditure
for
the
purposes
designated.
Notwithstanding
24
section
12C.7,
subsection
2,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
25
the
fund
shall
be
credited
to
the
fund.
26
6.
The
department
shall
submit
a
report
to
the
27
co-chairpersons
and
ranking
members
of
the
joint
appropriations
28
subcommittee
on
the
justice
system
and
to
the
legislative
29
services
agency
on
or
before
December
31
of
each
year
which
30
shall
contain
all
of
the
following:
31
a.
A
list
of
all
expenditures
from
the
fund
made
in
the
32
previous
fiscal
year.
33
b.
The
amount
of
moneys
in
the
fund
carried
over
from
the
34
previous
fiscal
year
to
the
current
fiscal
year
and
how
the
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department
plans
to
use
those
moneys
including
any
expenditures
1
in
the
current
fiscal
year.
2
c.
The
amount
of
moneys
in
the
fund
the
department
intends
3
to
carry
over
from
the
current
fiscal
year
to
the
next
fiscal
4
year
and
how
the
department
plans
to
use
those
moneys.
5
d.
A
list
of
all
the
sources
of
moneys
deposited
in
the
fund
6
in
the
previous
fiscal
year.
7
7.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
8
a.
“First
responder”
means
state
and
local
law
enforcement
9
personnel
and
fire
department
personnel
who
provide
or
10
administer
an
opioid
antagonist
to
a
person
experiencing
an
11
opioid-related
overdose.
12
b.
“Opioid
antagonist”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
13
147A.1.
14
c.
“Opioid-related
overdose”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
15
section
147A.1.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
creates
an
opioid
antagonist
medication
fund
for
20
first
responders.
21
The
bill
provides
that
an
opioid
antagonist
medication
22
fund
(fund)
for
first
responders
is
created
within
the
state
23
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
public
health
24
(department).
The
fund
shall
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
25
to
or
deposited
in
the
fund
and
may
include
available
federal
26
or
state
moneys,
as
well
as
any
available
opioid
lawsuit
27
settlement
moneys.
Funds
may
be
transferred
between
other
28
state
agencies
and
the
fund
as
appropriate.
Moneys
in
the
29
fund
are
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
purchase,
30
maintenance,
and
replacement
of
opioid
antagonist
medication
31
to
be
administered
by
first
responders
to
persons
experiencing
32
an
opioid-related
overdose.
Moneys
in
the
fund
may
be
33
designated
for
the
purchase,
maintenance,
and
replacement
of
34
opioid
antagonist
medication.
State
and
local
law
enforcement
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agencies
and
fire
departments
may
make
application
to
the
fund
1
for
the
procurement
of
opioid
antagonist
medications.
2
The
bill
provides
that
moneys
in
the
fund
that
remain
3
unencumbered
or
unobligated
at
the
close
of
a
fiscal
year
shall
4
not
revert
but
shall
remain
available
for
expenditure,
and
5
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
fund
shall
be
credited
6
to
the
fund.
7
The
bill
provides
that
the
department
shall
submit
a
report
8
to
the
co-chairpersons
and
ranking
members
of
the
joint
9
appropriations
subcommittee
on
the
justice
system
and
to
the
10
legislative
services
agency
on
or
before
December
31
of
each
11
year
which
shall
contain
a
list
of
all
expenditures
from
the
12
fund
made
in
the
previous
fiscal
year,
the
amount
of
moneys
in
13
the
fund
carried
over
from
the
previous
fiscal
year
and
how
the
14
department
plans
to
use
those
moneys
including
any
expenditures
15
in
the
current
fiscal
year,
the
amount
of
moneys
in
the
fund
16
the
department
intends
to
carry
over
from
the
current
fiscal
17
year
to
the
next
fiscal
year
and
how
the
department
plans
to
18
use
those
moneys,
and
a
list
of
all
the
sources
of
moneys
19
deposited
into
the
fund
in
the
previous
fiscal
year.
20
The
bill
provides
definitions.
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