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Panel approves substitute to encourage law enforcement efforts to notify prescribers after overdoses
Summary
After debate on evidentiary and operational concerns, the Public Safety Subcommittee reported a substitute for HB 2435 (5-1) that shifts the original duty into a training/best-practice approach: law enforcement agencies would be encouraged to make best efforts to notify prescribers of nonfatal overdoses without jeopardizing investigations.
The Public Safety Subcommittee endorsed a substitute to HB 2435 by a 5-1 vote that changes the panel’s approach to notifying prescribers when an overdose occurs.
Delegate Webber described the original bill as requiring officers to notify prescribers when medication with prescriber information was "readily available" at an overdose scene. Testimony and committee discussion raised concerns about evidentiary…
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