Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study
Committee. The bill: • Specifies that hospitals may be used as clean syringe exchange sites (section 1); • Provides civil immunity for participants of a clean syringe exchange program (section 1); • Creates a supervised injection facility pilot program in the city and county of Denver and provides civil and criminal immunity for the approved supervised injection facility (sections 2 through 4); • Allows school districts and nonpublic schools to develop a policy by which schools are allowed to obtain a supply of opiate antagonists and school employees are trained to administer opiate antagonists to individuals at risk of experiencing a drug overdose (sections 5 through 11); and • Requires the commission on criminal and juvenile justice to study certain topics related to sentencing for opioid-related offenses (section 12).
Year
2018
Current status
- Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/14/2018)
- Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (01/10/2018)
