Bill Text: NJ S294 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requires anyone administered opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.*

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-4)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2018-01-05 - Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (32-0) [S294 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2016-S294-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 294

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

217th LEGISLATURE

 

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2016 SESSION

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  JOSEPH F. VITALE

District 19 (Middlesex)

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Requires anyone receiving opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance abuse treatment programs and resources.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on March 7, 2016, with amendments.

  

An Act concerning substance abuse treatment and supplementing Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.    a.  If an opioid antidote is administered by a health care professional or a first responder to a person experiencing a drug overdose, information concerning substance abuse treatment programs and resources shall be provided to the person as follows:

     (1)   If the person is admitted to a health care facility or receives treatment in the emergency department of a health care facility, the health care professional with primary responsibility for the person's care shall provide the information to the person at any time after treatment for the drug overdose is complete but prior to the person's discharge from the facility.  The health care professional shall document the provision of the information in the person's medical record, and may additionally develop an individualized substance abuse treatment plan for the person.

     (2)   If the opioid antidote is administered by a first responder and the person experiencing the overdose is not subsequently transported to a health care facility, the first responder shall provide the information to the person at the time treatment for the drug overdose is complete.

     b.    As used in this section:

     "First responder" means a law enforcement officer, paid or volunteer firefighter, paid or volunteer member of a duly incorporated first aid, emergency, ambulance, or rescue squad association, or any other individual who, in the course of that individual's employment, is dispatched to the scene of an emergency situation for the purpose of providing medical care or other assistance.

     "Health care facility" means a health care facility licensed pursuant to P.L.1971, c.136 (C.26:2H-1 et seq.).

     c.     The ¹[Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the]¹ Commissioner of Human Services ¹[,]¹ shall develop informational materials concerning substance abuse treatment programs and resources for dissemination to health care professionals and first responders to facilitate the provision of information to patients pursuant to this section.

 

     2.    This act shall take effect the first day of the fourth month next following the date of enactment, except that the Commissioner of ¹[Health] Human Services¹ may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.