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S. 1198
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Shealy
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Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2022
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Medical Affairs
Summary: SC Overdoes Prevention Act
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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3/24/2022 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 3)
3/24/2022 Senate Referred to Committee on Medical Affairs
(Senate Journal-page 3)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND CHAPTER 130, TITLE 44 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT, TO PROVIDE THAT HOSPITALS MAY DISTRIBUTE OPIOID ANTIDOTES; AND TO PROVIDE FOR IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LIABILITY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 130, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 44-130-75. (A) A hospital may distribute an opioid antidote to:
(1) a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose; or
(2) a caregiver of a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose.
(B) A hospital that distributes an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not, as a result of an act or omission, subject to civil or criminal liability."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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