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Education committee approves HB 2489 with naloxone and fentanyl‑education requirements; amendment to include private schools fails
Summary
The House Committee on Education voted to pass HB 2489 as amended to require school districts to provide fentanyl education and maintain a supply of naloxone. An amendment to mandate the same requirements for accredited nonpublic schools was defeated.
The House Committee on Education voted to advance House Bill 2489 as amended after debate about implementation and funding for school naloxone supplies and fentanyl education.
Jason, the committee revisor, summarized the changes already adopted in earlier work: adding local health departments as entities with which school districts may cooperate to deliver programs and striking section 3 so the Kansas Fights Addiction Fund statute (75‑7‑77) remains unchanged. "Amendment…
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