Bill Text: NJ S3165 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires anyone receiving opioid antidote to treat drug overdose be provided with information concerning substance treatment programs and resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-24 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee [S3165 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S3165-Introduced.html
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 introduced.
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 Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, 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 Health may take such anticipatory
administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation
of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would require that, when a health care professional or first responder administers an opioid antidote to a person experiencing a drug overdose, the person must be provided with information concerning substance abuse treatment programs and resources. 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 would be required to provide the information 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 would also be required to document the provision of the information in the person's medical record and would be permitted to develop a substance abuse treatment plan for the person. If opioid antidote is administered by a first responder and the person is not subsequently transported to a health care facility, the first responder would be required to provide the information when treatment for the drug overdose is complete.
The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Human Services, would be required to 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 the bill.
