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Measure would add naloxone training to required CPR training for workers
Summary
AB 2150 would require employees who are already CPR-certified for their jobs to complete a brief naloxone training module, proponents said, to expand workplace overdose response capacity. Health and harm-reduction groups supported the change as a life-saving step and the committee moved the bill to Appropriations.
On behalf of Assemblymember Haney, Assemblymember Bridal presented AB 2150, which would require workers who are CPR-certified as part of their jobs to also complete a short naloxone training module so they can recognize and respond to opioid overdoses.
Rob Lane of the California Association of Alcohol and Drug Program Executives and Wesley Saver of HealthRight360 testified in support, saying many overdose deaths occur in public settings and bystanders with brief training can save lives. "Learning to recognize an opioid overdose and administer naloxone... is uncomplicated," Saver said, urging the committee to pass the bill.
Supporters noted California's existing naloxone distribution programs and argued adding a short training to existing CPR requirements would scale life-saving responses without substantial cost. The committee recorded a motion to move AB 2150 to Senate Appropriations; the roll call recorded unanimous or near-unanimous support in committee.
Next steps: AB 2150 will go to the Appropriations Committee for fiscal review; public-health supporters characterized the bill as a commonsense extension of existing emergency-response training.
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