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CS/CS/HB 61: Emergency Services for an Unintentional Drug Overdose

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Innovation Subcommittee ; Lee ; Peters ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Berman ; Harrell ; Magar ; Rommel ; Roth

Emergency Services for an Unintentional Drug Overdose; Requires hospital emergency department to develop best practices policy to promote prevention of unintentional drug overdoses; authorizes policy to include certain processes, guidelines, & protocols.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 249 (Ch. 2017-54)
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Rules (RC)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/28/2016 House • Filed
1/9/2017 House • Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 35
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 35
3/10/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Innovation Subcommittee, 03/14/17, 2:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
3/14/2017 House • CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 371
3/15/2017 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 364
3/17/2017 House • Original reference(s) removed: Criminal Justice Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 389
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 389
3/21/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/23/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
3/23/2017 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 459
3/24/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 456
3/27/2017 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 462
4/20/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17
4/25/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 824
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/26/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 862
• CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 862
4/26/2017 Senate • In Messages
4/30/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 603
5/1/2017 Senate • Received -SJ 603
5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 249 (Ch. 2017-54)