Bill > S0343

This bill requires all full-time lifeguards and park/forest rangers working at state or municipal public beaches and facilities to be trained in administering opioid antagonists, which are medications used to rapidly reverse opioid overdose (most commonly known by the brand name Narcan). Specifically, the bill mandates that these public beach and facility employers must provide at least four doses of an opioid antagonist on-site, and ensure that their full-time lifeguards and rangers are trained in how to use these emergency medications. The bill amends the existing Good Samaritan Overdose Prevention Act of 2016 to add these new training and medication requirements, with the goal of increasing the ability to quickly respond to and potentially save lives in the event of an opioid overdose at public beaches and facilities. The legislation would take effect immediately upon its passage.

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