Bill Summary

SB 544 Drug-related Overdose Prevention (2022 Session)
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Sponsors
by Boyd Co Sponsors: Rouson CS Sponsors: Appropriations
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Summary
Drug-related Overdose Prevention; Revising the purpose of specified provisions relating to the prescribing, ordering, and dispensing of emergency opioid antagonists to certain persons by authorized health care practitioners; providing certain authorized persons immunity from civil or criminal liability for administering emergency opioid antagonists under certain circumstances; revising requirements for a certain health awareness campaign; requiring hospital emergency departments and urgent care centers to report incidents involving a suspected or actual overdose to the Department of Health under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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committees of reference
   S Health Policy
   S Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
   S Appropriations
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Actions
10/19/21
SENATE
Filed
11/03/21
SENATE
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
11/22/21
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Health Policy, 12/02/21, 9:00 am, 412 K
12/02/21
SENATE
Favorable by Health Policy; 7 Yeas, 0 Nays
12/02/21
SENATE
Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
01/14/22
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 01/19/22, 10:30 am, 412 K
01/19/22
SENATE
Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/21/22
SENATE
Now in Appropriations
01/24/22
SENATE
On Committee agenda - Appropriations, 01/27/22, 11:30 am, 412 K
01/27/22
SENATE
Favorable with CS by Appropriations; 18 Yeas, 0 Nays
01/31/22
SENATE
Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
01/31/22
SENATE
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
01/31/22
SENATE
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/03/22
02/03/22
SENATE
Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (703254); Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
02/03/22
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E1) Filed
02/03/22
HOUSE 
In Messages
02/17/22
HOUSE 
Received; Referred to House Calendar
02/17/22
HOUSE 
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 2/22/2022
02/22/22
HOUSE 
Substituted for HB 0731; Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (108283); Placed on Third Reading, 02/24/22
02/24/22
HOUSE 
Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately certified
02/24/22
SENATE
In returning messages
03/08/22
SENATE
Received from Messages; Concurred with Amendment (108283); Passed (Vote: 38 Yeas / 0 Nays)
03/08/22
SENATE
Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
03/08/22
SENATE
Engrossed Text (E2) Filed
03/08/22
SENATE
Enrolled Text (ER) Filed
04/05/22
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Signed by Officers and presented to Governor (Governor must act on this bill by 04/20/22)
04/06/22
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Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2022-028
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bill text & filed amendments
0544
Filed on 10/19/21
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Amendment 599944 DE
Boyd
Filed on 01/18/22
Replaced by CS
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Amendment 455298 PCS
Appr
Filed on 01/21/22
Replaced by CS
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0544C1
Filed on 01/31/22
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Amendment 703254
Pizzo
Filed on 02/02/22
Adopted on 2nd Reading
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0544E1
Filed on 02/03/22
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Amendment 108283
Caruso
Filed on 02/18/22
Concurred
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0544E2
Filed on 03/08/22
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
0544ER
Filed on 03/08/22
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
381.887
381.981
395.1041
1002.2
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