3.0.0 2981 2023-01-11T13:42:26Z 2023-01-11T13:42:26Z Senate S 2018-05-24 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-24T21:03:35Z Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 115 4955 HR 2018-02-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2018-05-24 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. N K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-05-24 True Health Civil actions and liability Drug therapy Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal preemption Health personnel Prescription drugs State and local government operations Health 00 2018-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-06T21:15:15Z Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018

This bill limits an individual's civil liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose reversal drug (e.g., naloxone) if the individual is one of the following:

  • a licensed health care professional who prescribes or provides the drug to an individual who was educated on its administration;
  • an employee or volunteer at an opioid overdose program who provides the drug, as part of such program, to an authorized recipient who administers it; or
  • an individual who administers the drug after obtaining it from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program, or administers it pursuant to a prescription, and was educated on its administration.

This bill preempts an inconsistent state law that provides less protection from civil liability related to the administration of opioid overdose reversal drugs.

]]> Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 Display Title Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide certain protections from civil liability with respect to the emergency administration of opioid overdose drugs. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2981is/xml/BILLS-115s2981is.xml 2018-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.