PCS for HB 1091 (relating to substance abuse prevention) — Florida House of Representatives
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The PCS for HB 1091, a 2021 Florida House of Representatives bill relating to substance abuse prevention. The bill amends s. 381.887, F.S. on the prescribing, ordering and dispensing of emergency opioid antagonists, authorizes a pharmacist to order them, and requires the Department of Health to run a statewide awareness campaign on opioid overdoses, safe storage of opioid antagonists and safe disposal of opioids. It lists emergency responders, crime laboratory personnel and certain law enforcement and agency personnel as authorized to administer opioid antagonists with immunity from civil or criminal liability. It also amends s. 401.253, F.S. to require basic and advanced life support services to report suspected or actual overdoses, and takes effect July 1, 2021. The bill text runs five pages.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
PCS for HB 1091 2021
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to substance abuse prevention;
3 amending s. 381.887, F.S.; revising provisions
4 relating to the prescribing, ordering, and dispensing
5 of emergency opioid antagonists to certain persons;
6 requiring the Department of Health to develop and
7 implement a statewide awareness campaign to educate
8 the public regarding opioid overdoses, the safe
9 storage and administration of emergency opioid
10 antagonists, and the safe disposal of opioids;
11 authorizing a pharmacist to order an emergency opioid
12 antagonists; authorizing certain persons dispensed
13 opioid antagonists without a prescription to store and
14 possess and, in certain emergency situations, to
15 administer opioid antagonists; providing certain
16 authorized persons immunity from civil or criminal
17 liability for administering emergency opioid
18 antagonists under certain circumstances; authorizing
19 personnel of law enforcement agencies and other
20 agencies and certain other persons to administer
21 emergency opioid antagonists under certain
22 circumstances; amending s. 401.253, F.S.; requiring
23 basic life support services or advanced life support
24 services to report incidents involving a suspected or
25 actual overdose of a controlled substance; providing
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26 an effective date.
27
28 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
29 Section 1. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
30 381.887, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
31 381.887 Emergency treatment for suspected opioid
32 overdose.—
33 (2)(a) The purpose of this section is to provide for the
34 prescribing, ordering, and dispensing prescription of emergency
35 opioid antagonists an emergency opioid antagonist to patients
36 and caregivers and to encourage the prescribing, ordering, and
37 dispensing prescription of emergency opioid antagonists by
38 authorized health care practitioners.
39 (b) The Department of Health shall develop and implement a
40 statewide awareness campaign to educate the public regarding:
41 1. Risk factors of opioid overdoses;
42 2. Signs and symptoms of opioid overdoses;
43 3. How to respond to opioid overdoses;
44 4. Safe storage and administration of emergency opioid
45 antagonists; and
46 5. Safe disposal of opioids including, but not limited
47 to, permanent prescription drug donation boxes and at-home drug
48 deactivation and disposal systems.
49 (3)(a) An authorized health care practitioner may
50 prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist, and a
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51 pharmacist may order an emergency opioid antagonist with an
52 autoinjection delivery system or intranasal application delivery
53 system, to a patient or caregiver for use in accordance with
54 this section.
55 (b) A pharmacist may dispense an emergency opioid
56 antagonist pursuant to such a prescription by an authorized
57 health care practitioner. A pharmacist may dispense a
58 prescription or pursuant to a non-patient-specific standing
59 order for an emergency opioid antagonist with an autoinjection
60 delivery system or intranasal application delivery system, which
61 must be appropriately labeled with instructions for use,
62 pursuant to a pharmacist order or pursuant to a non-patient
63 standing order.
64 (c) A patient or caregiver is authorized to store and
65 possess emergency opioid antagonists and, in an emergency
66 situation when a physician is not immediately available,
67 administer the emergency opioid antagonist to a person believed
68 in good faith to be experiencing an opioid overdose, regardless
69 of whether that person has a prescription for an emergency
70 opioid antagonist.
71 (4) The following persons are authorized to possess,
72 store, and administer emergency opioid antagonists as clinically
73 indicated and are immune from any civil liability or criminal
74 liability as a result of administering an emergency opioid
75 antagonist:
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76 (a) Emergency responders, including, but not limited to,
77 law enforcement officers, paramedics, and emergency medical
78 technicians.
79 (b) Crime laboratory personnel for the statewide criminal
80 analysis laboratory system as described in s. 943.32, including,
81 but not limited to, analysts, evidence intake personnel, and
82 their supervisors.
83 (c) Personnel of a law enforcement agency or other agency,
84 including, but not limited to, correctional probation officers
85 and child protective investigators who, while acting within the
86 scope or course of employment, come into contact with a
87 controlled substance or a person who is at risk of experiencing
88 an opioid overdose.
89 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
90 401.253, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
91 401.253 Reporting of controlled substance overdoses.—
92 (1)(a) A basic life support service or advanced life
93 support service that which treats and releases, or transports to
94 a medical facility, a person in response to an emergency call
95 for a suspected or actual overdose of a controlled substance
96 must may report such incidents to the department. Such reports
97 must be made using the Emergency Medical Service Tracking and
98 Reporting System or other appropriate method with secure access,
99 including, but not limited to, the Washington/Baltimore High
100 Intensity Drug Trafficking Overdose Detection Mapping
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101 Application Program or other program identified by the
102 department in rule. If a basic life support service or advanced
103 life support service reports such incidents, it must shall make
104 its best efforts to make the report to the department within 120
105 hours after it responds to the incident.
106 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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