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Committee lays over bill requiring campus naloxone availability and Dept. of Health training materials
Summary
House File 8‑62 would require opioid antagonists be available in college dormitories and direct the Department of Health to develop training materials. Student leaders and a survivor testified in support. Members asked about misconceptions such as whether naloxone is addictive; witnesses and advocates said it is not.
House File 8‑62, a measure to require opioid antagonists (naloxone) in college and university residence halls and direct the Minnesota Department of Health to provide training materials, was laid over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill after committee action on March 26.
Representative Schumacher, sponsor of the bill, described the measure as requiring opioid antagonists in dorms and directing the Department of Health to produce training materials for campus use. The sponsor noted a fiscal estimate from…
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