Bill Text: WV HB4215 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the involuntary hospitalization of persons administered opioid antagonists
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-16 - To House Judiciary [HB4215 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-HB4215-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4215
By Delegates Lane, Westfall, Kelly, White and Hanshaw
[Introduced January 19,
2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §16-46-7, relating to the involuntary hospitalization of persons administered opioid antagonists.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Article 46. Access to Opioid Antagonists Act.
§16-46-7. Involuntary hospitalization of persons administered opioid antagonists.
Beginning January 1, 2019:
(a) Any person who has been administered an opioid antagonist by an initial responder shall be subject to the involuntary hospitalization provision of §27-5-3 of this code.
(b) Administration of an opioid antagonist shall constitute a waiver of the requirements for a probable cause hearing under §27-5-2 of this code.
(c) Further proceedings involving an individual involuntarily hospitalized under the provisions of this section shall be consistent with the remaining provisions of §27-5-1 et seq. of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to involuntary hospitalize a person administered an opioid antagonist by an initial responder.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
