Florida Senate - 2022 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 544
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 1/AD/2R .
02/03/2022 12:35 PM .
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Senator Pizzo moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 107 and 108
4 insert:
5 Section 4. Paragraph (o) is added to subsection (3) of
6 section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
8 school students must receive accurate and timely information
9 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
10 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
11 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
12 rights including, but not limited to, the following:
13 (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
14 (o) Naloxone use and supply.—
15 1. A public school may purchase a supply of the opioid
16 antagonist naloxone from a wholesale distributor as defined in
17 s. 499.003 or may enter into an arrangement with a wholesale
18 distributor or manufacturer as defined in s. 499.003 for
19 naloxone at fair-market, free, or reduced prices for use in the
20 event that a student has an opioid overdose. The naloxone must
21 be maintained in a secure location on the public school’s
22 premises. The participating school district shall adopt a
23 protocol developed by a licensed physician for the
24 administration of the drug by school personnel trained to
25 recognize an opioid overdose and to administer naloxone.
26 2. The school district and its employees and agents and the
27 physician who provides the standing protocol for school naloxone
28 are not liable for any injury arising from the use of the drug
29 if it is administered by trained school personnel who follow the
30 standing protocol and whose professional opinion is that the
31 student is having an opioid overdose:
32 a. Unless the trained school personnel’s action is willful
33 and wanton;
34 b. Notwithstanding that the parents or guardians of the
35 student to whom the naloxone is administered have not been
36 provided notice or have not signed a statement acknowledging
37 that the school district is not liable; and
38 c. Regardless of whether authorization has been given by
39 the student’s parents or guardians or by the student’s
40 physician, physician’s assistant, or advanced practice
41 registered nurse.
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44 And the title is amended as follows:
45 Delete line 24
46 and insert:
47 specified timeframe; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.;
48 authorizing a public school to purchase or enter into
49 an arrangement to receive a supply of the opioid
50 antagonist naloxone for a certain purpose; specifying
51 requirements for the maintenance of the naloxone;
52 requiring the school district to adopt a protocol for
53 the administration of naloxone; providing that a
54 school district and its employees and agents and the
55 physician who provides the protocol are not liable for
56 any injury arising from the administration of the
57 naloxone pursuant to the protocol; providing an
58 exception; providing an effective date.