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House approves limited-immunity overdose-reporting bill after amendment
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 11, which offers limited immunity to people who report an overdose if they meet specified conditions; the House adopted a clarifying amendment and approved the measure 68-0 before transmitting it to the Senate.
Representative Carol Spackman Moss introduced House Bill 11, a measure designed to reduce barriers to calling for emergency help when someone is experiencing a drug overdose by providing a limited immunity (an affirmative defense) to the caller under specified conditions.
Moss told colleagues the bill responds to an overdose epidemic she said is a leading cause of accidental death, noting "502 deaths this past year" and that "75 percent of those happened to be legal drugs," often prescription medications obtained illegally. She said the measure is patterned on similar Good Samaritan/Overdose Protection laws passed in other states…
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