WV HB4221 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-20 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 21 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-20 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
The purpose of this bill is to require persons who administer an opioid antagonist drug to someone believed to have overdosed on an opiate to initiate proceedings for involuntary hospitalization commitment. The bill provides rebuttable presumption that the person to whom the antagonist drug was administered is an addict and a danger to self or others. Failure to comply with the provisions is a misdemeanor.
Title
Relating to the administration of an opioid antagonist
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-20 | House | To House Judiciary |
| 2016-02-20 | House | Do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| 2016-01-21 | House | To House Select Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse |
| 2016-01-21 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2016-01-21 | House | To Select Committee on Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse then Judiciary |
| 2016-01-21 | House | Filed for introduction |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 46 | 3 | Amended Code | Citation Text |
