Bill Text: IA SF2218 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the possession and administration of emergency drugs by first responders and other persons in a position to assist for purposes of treating drug overdose victims and including contingent implementation provisions. (Formerly SF 2008.) Effective 7-1-16.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-04-06 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 649. [SF2218 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2218-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2218 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2008)
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2218
AN ACT
RELATING TO THE POSSESSION AND ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY
DRUGS BY FIRST RESPONDERS AND OTHER PERSONS IN A POSITION TO
ASSIST FOR PURPOSES OF TREATING DRUG OVERDOSE VICTIMS AND
INCLUDING CONTINGENT IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 135.190 Possession and
administration of opioid antagonists.
1. For purposes of this section, unless the context
otherwise requires:
a. "Opioid antagonist" means the same as defined in section
147A.1.
b. "Opioid=related overdose" means the same as defined in
section 147A.1.
c. "Person in a position to assist" means a family member,
friend, caregiver, health care provider, employee of a
substance abuse treatment facility, or other person who may be
in a place to render aid to a person at risk of experiencing an
opioid=related overdose.
2. A person in a position to assist may possess and provide
or administer an opioid antagonist to an individual if the
person in a position to assist reasonably and in good faith
believes that such individual is experiencing an opioid=related
overdose.
3. A person in a position to assist who has acted reasonably
and in good faith shall not be liable for any injury arising
from the provision, administration, or assistance in the
administration of an opioid antagonist as provided in this
section.
Sec. 2. Section 147A.1, Code 2016, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. "First responder" means an emergency
medical care provider, a registered nurse staffing an
authorized service program under section 147A.12, a physician
assistant staffing an authorized service program under section
147A.13, a fire fighter, or a peace officer as defined in
section 801.4 who is trained and authorized to administer an
opioid antagonist.
NEW SUBSECTION. 6B. "Licensed health care professional"
means the same as defined in section 280.16.
NEW SUBSECTION. 6C. "Opioid antagonist" means a drug that
binds to opioid receptors and blocks or inhibits the effects of
opioids acting on those receptors, including but not limited
to naloxone hydrochloride or any other similarly acting drug
approved by the United States food and drug administration.
NEW SUBSECTION. 6D. "Opioid=related overdose" means
a condition affecting a person which may include extreme
physical illness, a decreased level of consciousness,
respiratory depression, a coma, or the ceasing of respiratory
or circulatory function resulting from the consumption or use
of an opioid, or another substance with which an opioid was
combined.
Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 147A.18 Possession and administration
of an opioid antagonist ==== immunity.
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
contrary, a licensed health care professional may prescribe
an opioid antagonist in the name of a service program, law
enforcement agency, or fire department to be maintained for use
as provided in this section.
2. A service program, law enforcement agency, or fire
department may obtain a prescription for and maintain a supply
of opioid antagonists. A service program, law enforcement
agency, or fire department that obtains such a prescription
shall replace an opioid antagonist upon its use or expiration.
3. A first responder employed by a service program, law
enforcement agency, or fire department that maintains a supply
of opioid antagonists pursuant to this section may possess
and provide or administer such an opioid antagonist to an
individual if the first responder reasonably and in good faith
believes that such individual is experiencing an opioid=related
overdose.
4. The following persons, provided they have acted
reasonably and in good faith, shall not be liable for any
injury arising from the provision, administration, or
assistance in the administration of an opioid antagonist as
provided in this section:
a. A first responder who provides, administers, or assists
in the administration of an opioid antagonist to an individual
as provided in this section.
b. A service program, law enforcement agency, or fire
department.
c. The prescriber of the opioid antagonist.
5. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
17A to implement and administer this section, including but
not limited to standards and procedures for the prescription,
distribution, storage, replacement, and administration of
opioid antagonists, and for the training and authorization
to be required for first responders to administer an opioid
antagonist.
Sec. 4. CONTINGENT IMPLEMENTATION. Implementation of the
section of this Act enacting section 147A.18 is contingent upon
the availability of funding.
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2218, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
Secretary of the Senate
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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