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House advances small change to overdose-reporting law intended to encourage callers to seek help
Utah House of Representatives · March 2, 2020
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Summary
The House passed an amendment to overdose-reporting (Good Samaritan-style) provisions aimed at encouraging people to call for help during an overdose by creating an affirmative defense for callers; sponsor cited prior state reforms and continuing overdose deaths.
Representative Carol Moss presented House Bill 362 on March 2 as a modest amendment to Utah's overdose-reporting framework designed to encourage bystanders to call for help when someone is overdosing. Moss described the original 2014 effort and said the bill is…
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