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  | S.B.  No.  1319 |
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  | relating to the reporting of certain overdose information and the | |
  | mapping of overdoses for public safety purposes. | |
  |              BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
  |              SECTION  1.    Subchapter E, Chapter 161, Health and Safety | |
  | Code, is amended by adding Section 161.045 to read as follows: | |
  |              Sec.  161.045.    MANDATORY REPORTING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE | |
  | OVERDOSES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MAPPING. (a) In this section: | |
  |                          (1)    "Controlled substance" has the meaning assigned by | |
  | Section 481.002. | |
  |                          (2)    "Emergency medical services personnel" has the | |
  | meaning assigned by Section 773.003. | |
  |                          (3)    "Opioid antagonist" has the meaning assigned by | |
  | Section 483.101. | |
  |                          (4)    "Overdose" means an acute condition caused by | |
  | abuse or misuse of a controlled substance evidenced by symptoms | |
  | such as extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, | |
  | respiratory depression, coma, or death. | |
  |              (b)    This section applies only to emergency medical services | |
  | personnel operating within the geographical jurisdiction of a local | |
  | health authority or law enforcement agency, as applicable, that has | |
  | entered into a participation agreement for overdose mapping under | |
  | Section 370.007, Local Government Code. | |
  |              (c)    A person to whom this section applies who responds to an | |
  | overdose incident shall report information about the incident as | |
  | soon as possible to the local health authority or law enforcement | |
  | agency, as applicable, that has entered into the participation | |
  | agreement under Section 370.007, Local Government Code.  A person | |
  | satisfies the requirements of this section by reporting information | |
  | to either the appropriate local health authority or law enforcement | |
  | agency. | |
  |              (d)    A report under this section must include, if possible: | |
  |                          (1)    the date and time of the overdose incident; | |
  |                          (2)    the approximate location of the overdose incident, | |
  | using: | |
  |                                      (A)    an address; | |
  |                                      (B)    the latitude and longitude of the location; | |
  | or | |
  |                                      (C)    the location data from a cellular device; | |
  |                          (3)    whether an opioid antagonist was administered, and | |
  | if so, the number of doses and the type of delivery; and | |
  |                          (4)    whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal. | |
  |              (e)    A person who reports information about an overdose | |
  | incident under this section in good faith is not subject to civil or | |
  | criminal liability for making the report. | |
  |              (f)    A law enforcement agency may use information received | |
  | from a report under this section only for mapping overdose | |
  | locations for public safety purposes. | |
  |              (g)    Information in a report described by this section is | |
  | confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, | |
  | Government Code. | |
  |              SECTION  2.    Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended | |
  | by adding Section 370.007 to read as follows: | |
  |              Sec.  370.007.    PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT FOR OVERDOSE | |
  | MAPPING. (a) A local health authority or law enforcement agency | |
  | shall enter into a participation agreement with an entity that | |
  | maintains a computerized system for mapping overdoses of one or | |
  | more controlled substances for public safety purposes. | |
  |              (b)    A local health authority or law enforcement agency shall | |
  | provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and | |
  | Safety Code, to the entity with which the authority or agency has a | |
  | participation agreement under Subsection (a) for purposes of | |
  | entering the information into the computerized system.  The local | |
  | health authority or law enforcement agency is not required to | |
  | provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and | |
  | Safety Code, regarding a controlled substance to the entity with | |
  | Statutes affected: Introduced: Health and Safety Code 161.042 (Health and Safety Code 161) Senate Committee Report: (Health and Safety Code 161) Engrossed: (Health and Safety Code 161) House Committee Report: (Health and Safety Code 161) Enrolled: (Health and Safety Code 161) |