Bill > H3468

This bill allows emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to restrain patients who pose an immediate or serious threat of harm to themselves or others, with law enforcement assistance if requested, and requires that any restraint used be documented. It also mandates that individuals who receive an opioid antagonist, a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, from law enforcement, firefighters, or EMS personnel must be transported to a hospital for monitoring until a doctor confirms the overdose is reversed and the person is no longer in danger, and allows for restraint during this transport. Furthermore, the bill provides legal protection, shielding EMTs and other emergency personnel from personal liability for good-faith emergency care, including transporting overdose patients, and extends similar protections to any individual who provides emergency care without compensation, except in cases of gross negligence or willful misconduct.