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Committee hears discussion-only bill to make hospitals drug-free zones; members raise concerns about emergency care and treatment access
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee heard House Bill 320 on Thursday, a discussion-only bill that would create drug-free zones on hospital campuses and increase penalties for trafficking and possession on hospital property.
House Bill 320, a discussion-only proposal to create designated drug-free zones for hospitals and enhance penalties for possession and trafficking on hospital campuses, was the subject of an extended hearing Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee.
Representative Mike Clines, the bill sponsor, said the proposal would mirror school drug-free zone law and create a new enhanced criminal penalty for trafficking on hospital grounds while modestly increasing penalties for possession in that setting. Kelly Donnelly, a nurse at St. Elizabeth Healthcare, described…
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