Kentucky House Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-24 - to Health Services (H)
Pending: House Health Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require a health care provider to order a quantitative and qualitative toxicology test to determine if a cause of an overdose is from an illicit drug if the person exhibits symptoms of an overdose in the health care provider's professional opinion or the person is known to the health care provider to have had previous overdose treatment; require a report of test findings to law enforcement and the coroner if the person dies while in the hospital; limit the public record of the test finding; provide immunity from civil liability for the health care provider who administers the test.

AN ACT relating to hospital reporting of drug overdose information.

Rep. Deanna Frazier Gordon [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-24	House	to Health Services (H)
2023-02-09	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-09	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb239.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb239/orig_bill.pdf