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Committee hears bill to require sufficient naloxone in prisons; bill laid over pending fiscal note
Summary
House File 1399 would require the Department of Corrections to maintain ample naloxone (Narcan) supplies and staff training; witnesses described multiple overdose events in prisons and jails and DOC said it already uses mail‑screening contractors and supplies naloxone but may need funding.
The committee heard House File 1399, a bill that would require the Department of Corrections to stock sufficient naloxone (Narcan) in state correctional facilities and to train staff and incarcerated people to recognize opioid overdoses. Members laid the bill over pending submission of a fiscal note.
Vice Chair Witte, the bill sponsor, said the measure would ensure “ample number of doses in each facility” after recent incidents in which staff required multiple doses to revive…
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