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Panel lays over bill to require naloxone in college dorms; students and lawmakers cite lives saved
Summary
House File 8‑62 would require opioid antagonists (naloxone) in campus residence halls and direct the state health department to develop training materials; the committee laid the bill over for possible omnibus inclusion after student testimony and budget guidance from the Department of Health.
The House Health Finance and Policy Committee laid over House File 8‑62, which would require opioid antagonists to be present in on‑campus residence halls and direct the Minnesota Department of Health to compile campus training resources.
Representative Schumacher, sponsor of the bill, said the legislation would require dorms at colleges and universities to have naloxone on site and asked the department to create standardized training…
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