3.0.0 4288 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z 2023-01-11T13:26:49Z House H HR 2014-03-24 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NEAL:H.R. 4288.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article, 1 Section 8[Page H2610]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2014-04-16T20:49:29Z Referred to 2014-03-24T16:00:18Z Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 113 2092 S 2014-05-14 Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held. Identical bill CRS 2014-04-16 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. Committee 2014-03-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2014-03-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-03-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress N000015 Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1] RICHARD NEAL D MA E. 1 N Health Civil actions and liability Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal preemption Health personnel State and local government operations Health 00 2014-03-24 Introduced in House 2014-06-19T15:52:04Z Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 - Exempts from liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose drug:

  • a health care professional who prescribes or provides such a drug to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose, or to another person in a position to assist such individual, if the individual has been educated about opioid overdose prevention and treatment by the health care professional or as part of a government opioid overdose program;
  • a person who provides such a drug for emergency administration to an individual authorized to receive it as part of an opioid overdose program; and
  • a person who provides for emergency administration of such a drug to an individual who reasonably appears to have suffered an overdose from heroin or another opioid if such person obtained such drug from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program and was educated by such professional or program in the proper administration of such drug.

Makes such exemptions inapplicable if the harm was caused by gross negligence or reckless misconduct.

]]> Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 Display Title Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To provide certain protections from civil liability with respect to the emergency administration of opioid overdose drugs. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr4288ih/xml/BILLS-113hr4288ih.xml 2014-04-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.