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CS/CS/CS/SB 588: Drug Overdoses

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Criminal Justice ; Health Policy ; Passidomo

Drug Overdoses; Requiring hospitals that have an emergency department to develop a best practices policy to promote the prevention of unintentional drug overdoses; authorizing certain entities to report controlled substance overdoses to the Department of Health; providing immunity for persons who make reports in good faith; providing that a failure to report is not a basis for licensure discipline, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/2/2017 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 249 (Ch. 2017-54) -SJ 633
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/30/2017 Senate • Filed
2/9/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Rules -SJ 78
3/7/2017 Senate • Introduced -SJ 78
3/22/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/27/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
3/27/2017 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 258
3/29/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 258
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 261
4/12/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 04/17/17, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
4/17/2017 Senate • CS/CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 435
4/18/2017 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
4/19/2017 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 435
• CS/CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 436
4/20/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/25/17, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
4/25/2017 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -SJ 478
4/26/2017 Senate • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 480
4/28/2017 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 05/02/17
5/2/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 633
• Substituted CS/CS/HB 249 -SJ 633
• Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 249 (Ch. 2017-54) -SJ 633