US Congress Senate Bill 707 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on March 11 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015 This bill exempts individuals from liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose drug under certain circumstances. (An opioid is a drug with effects similar to opium, such as heroin.) The individuals exempted from liability are: a health care professional who prescribes or provides an opioid overdose drug to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose or to another individual in a position to assist an at-risk individual, if the individual prescribed or provided the drug has been educated about opioid overdose prevention and treatment by the health care professional or as part of a government opioid overdose program; an individual who provides an opioid overdose drug for emergency administration to another individual authorized to receive it as part of an opioid overdose program; and an individual who administers an opioid overdose drug to another individual who appears to have suffered an opioid overdose if the administering individual obtained the drug from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program and was educated by the professional or program in the proper administration of the drug. These exemptions are inapplicable if the harm was caused by gross negligence or reckless misconduct. States can preempt these exemptions by providing additional protections from liability for individuals that administer opioid overdose drugs, or by enacting legislation making this Act not applicable to state civil action involving only citizens from that state.

Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2015

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1821 (Same As) 2015-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/707/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s707/BILLS-114s707is.pdf