H783/S704 Emergency Opioid Antagonists

GENERAL BILL by Caruso

Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0

Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda

amend https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/00783/Amendment/228375/PDF

3/22 Favorable with CS by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee

3/29 Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee

Emergency Opioid Antagonists; Revises purpose of specified provisions relating to receiving, possessing, administering, of emergency opioid antagonists to certain persons by authorized pharmacies, pharmacists, & pharmacy technicians to specified persons; authorizes pharmacies, pharmacists, & pharmacy technicians to receive, store, possess, & dispense, as applicable, emergency opioid antagonists under certain circumstances; creates Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement within DCF; provides for membership, organization and support, & duties of council; provides immunity from civil liability for licensed pharmacy, pharmacist, or pharmacy technician under certain circumstances.

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/783/BillText/Filed/PDF

GENERAL BILL by Boyd

On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

Substance Abuse Prevention; Revising authorizations for prescribing and dispensing emergency opioid antagonists by authorized health care practitioners; authorizing certain pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to take certain actions relating to emergency opioid antagonists; creating the Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement within the Department of Children and Families; exempting certain pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians from liability for damages, penalties, fines, or costs as a result of certain actions relating to emergency opioid antagonists, etc.

https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/704/BillText/Filed/PDF