HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2253
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to health.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. The Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by adding a new chapter to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"Chapter

overdose prevention and law enforcement officers

§   -1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:

"Law enforcement officer" means any public servant, whether employed by the State or a county, vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to make arrests for offenses, or to enforce the criminal laws, whether the duty extends to all offenses or is limited to a specific class of offenses.

"Opioid antagonist" means any drug that binds to opioid receptors and blocks or disinhibits the effects of opioids acting on those receptors.

"Opioid-related drug overdose" means a condition including but not limited to extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death resulting from the consumption or use of an opioid, or another substance with which an opioid was combined, or a condition that a layperson would reasonably believe to be an opioid-related drug overdose that requires medical assistance.

§   -2 Opioid antagonist; law enforcement officers. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation to the contrary, all law enforcement officers shall carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty.

(b) All law enforcement officers shall be authorized to administer an opioid antagonist to an individual experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose.

(c) A law enforcement officer who, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, administers an opioid antagonist to another person whom the person believes to be suffering an opioid-related drug overdose shall be immune from criminal prosecution, sanction under any professional licensing statute, and civil liability, for acts or omissions resulting from the act.

(d) The department of health shall establish education and training projects on drug overdose response and treatment, including naloxone hydrochloride administration, for law enforcement personnel."

SECTION 2. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part I to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§321-    Restaurants and hotel establishments; naloxone. (a) The department shall require all restaurants and hotel establishments to maintain an available inventory of naloxone to respond to an emergency situation.

(b) For purposes of this section:

"Hotel establishment" means a hotel, hotel-condominium, or condominium-hotel as defined in section 486K-1.

"Restaurant" shall have the same meaning as in section 321-30.3."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Law Enforcement; Opioid Antagonist; Drug Overdose Prevention; DOH; Restaurants; Hotels; Naloxone

Description:

Requires law enforcement officers to carry an opioid antagonist while on-duty. Authorizes law enforcement officers to administer an opioid antagonist. Establishes immunity for law enforcement officers who administer an opioid antagonist during an opioid-related drug overdose. Requires Department of Health to establish education and training for law enforcement personnel. Requires the Department of Health to require that all restaurants and hotel establishments maintain an inventory of naloxone.

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