COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2355
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 21, line 5, after "17" insert ", a nurse practitioner licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15 and authorized by law to prescribe drugs or any other health professional who has prescribing authority and who is acting within the health professional's scope of practice"
Line 8, after "physician" insert ", nurse practitioner or other health professional"
Line 10, strike "or" insert a comma
Line 12, after "overdose" insert "or to any other person who is in a position to assist a person who is at risk of experiencing an opioid‑related overdose"
Between lines 12 and 13, insert:
"B. A PHYSICIAN WHO PRESCRIBES or dispenses NALOXONE HYDROCHLORIDE OR ANY OTHER OPIOID ANTAGONIST PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION, SHALL INSTRUCT THE INDIVIDUAL TO WHOM THE OPIOID ANTAGONIST IS DISPENSED TO SUMMON EMERGENCY SERVICES AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER ADMINISTERING THE OPIOID ANTAGONIST."
Reletter to conform
Line 13, strike "wanton or wilful neglect" insert "gross negligence, wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing"; after "physician" insert ", nurse practitioner or other health professional"
Line 17, after "physician" insert ", nurse practitioner or other health professional"
Line 23, after "physician" strike "or" insert ", nurse practitioner,"; after "pharmacist" insert "or other health professional"
Page 21, line 31, strike "is guilty of" insert "acts with"; after "negligence" insert ", wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing"
Amend title to conform