Bill Summary
HB 751 Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose (2015 Session)
Gonzalez, Stevenson Co Sponsors: Albritton, Artiles, Burton, Costello, Edwards-Walpole, Jacobs (Deceased), Pilon, Raburn, Rooney, Steube, Stevenson, Van Zant CS Sponsors: Civil Justice Subcommittee
Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose; Cites this act as the "Emergency Treatment and Recovery Act"; defining terms; providing a purpose; authorizing certain health care practitioners to prescribe and dispense an emergency opioid antagonist to a patient or caregiver under certain conditions; authorizing pharmacists to dispense an emergency opioid antagonist under certain circumstances; authorizing storage, possession, and administration of an emergency opioid antagonist by a patient or caregiver and certain emergency responders; providing immunity from liability; providing immunity from professional sanction or disciplinary action for certain health care practitioners and pharmacists, under certain circumstances; providing applicability; providing that a duty or standard of care is not created by the section, etc. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
02/16/15
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Filed
02/26/15
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Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Civil Justice Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
02/26/15
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Now in Health Quality Subcommittee
03/02/15
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On Committee agenda - Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/04/15, 9:00 am, 306 H
03/04/15
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Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; 12 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/04/15
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Now in Civil Justice Subcommittee
03/09/15
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On Committee agenda - Civil Justice Subcommittee, 03/11/15, 9:00 am, 404 H
03/11/15
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Favorable with CS by Civil Justice Subcommittee; 13 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/12/15
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
03/13/15
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Now in Health & Human Services Committee
03/17/15
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On Committee agenda - Health & Human Services Committee, 03/19/15, 9:00 am, 17 H
03/19/15
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Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
03/19/15
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
04/13/15
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Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/15/15
04/15/15
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Read Second Time; Placed on Third Reading, 04/16/15
04/16/15
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Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 113 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/21/15
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In Messages
04/21/15
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Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
04/24/15
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Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading; Substituted for SB 0758; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (547870); Placed on Third Reading, 04/27/15
04/27/15
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Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 39 Yeas / 0 Nays)
04/27/15
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In returning messages
04/28/15
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Received from Messages; Concurred with Amendment (547870); Passed (Vote: 118 Yeas / 1 Nay)
04/28/15
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Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
04/29/15
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Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
04/29/15
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Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
05/27/15
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 06/10/15)
06/10/15
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2015-123
No amendments to this bill text filed.
No amendments to this bill text filed.
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