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Committee advances bill allowing EMS to give naloxone to caregivers, members raise liability and dosing questions
Summary
Senate Bill 95, which permits EMS providers to distribute naloxone to caregivers and adds disclosure requirements, advanced unanimously but prompted questions about liability, single-dose limits and where the bill should be considered next.
Senate Bill 95, authored by Sen. Phillips Hill, was advanced unanimously from the Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness committee to the Senate floor after committee members asked questions about liability, dosing and whether the measure belongs in a health-focused committee.
Mike, a committee staff member, summarized the bill as permitting EMS providers to distribute naloxone to a caregiver of a patient who has overdosed and requiring certain cost disclosures and insurance-exchange information to be provided to prescription-drug patients. Chairman Gillan said he supported the underlying concept but cautioned that later portions of…
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