AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-29-319, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE THE TERMS "COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION" AND "HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT" FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACT; TO AUTHORIZE A PRACTITIONER ACTING IN GOOD FAITH TO DIRECTLY, OR BY STANDING ORDER, PRESCRIBE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON ACTING IN GOOD FAITH AND WITH REASONABLE CARE TO ADMINISTER AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED BY A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT TO ANOTHER PERSON WHOM HE OR SHE BELIEVES TO BE EXPERIENCING AN OPIOID-RELATED OVERDOSE; TO AUTHORIZE A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT TO STORE AND DISTRIBUTE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST; TO AUTHORIZE A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT TO ADMINISTER AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO ANOTHER PERSON; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DISTRIBUTE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST TO ANY MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT UPON A REQUEST MADE IN WRITING BY THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT; TO AUTHORIZE A PERSON TO STORE AN OPIOID ANTAGONIST THAT IS DISTRIBUTED BY A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY PROTECTION TO A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OR HIGH-RISK OPIOID OVERDOSE TOUCHPOINT AND MEMBERS AND PERSONNEL OF SUCH ORGANIZATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 41-29-319, 73-21-73
As Passed by the House: 41-29-319, 73-21-73
Approved by the Governor: 41-29-319