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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 49414.37 to the Education Code, relating to pupil health. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers.</ns0:Subject>
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(1)
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Existing law authorizes a school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school nurses and trained personnel who have volunteered, and authorizes school nurses and trained personnel to use naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.
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<html:p>This bill, to be known as the School Safety and Opioid Overdose Prevention Act, would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school to ensure that (A) each school resource officer, as defined, while on duty at a school campus or school-sponsored activity, carries an opioid antagonist to provide emergency treatment to persons who are suffering, or
reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose and (B) each school resource officer, upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every 2 years thereafter, completes an opioid overdose recognition and response training, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit a school resource officer who administers an opioid antagonist while assigned to a schoolsite, and their employing or contracting entity, from being held liable in a civil action or being subject to criminal prosecution for the school resource officer’s acts or omissions, unless those acts or omissions constitute gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, as provided.</html:p>
<html:p>The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, to provide implementation
guidance to local educational agencies and law enforcement agencies on accessing opioid antagonists at low or no cost and integrating overdose response into school safety planning.</html:p>
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(2)
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The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
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<html:p>This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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<html:p>This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the School Safety and Opioid Overdose Prevention Act. </html:p>
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Section 49414.37 is added to the
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(a)
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For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
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(1)
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“Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school serving pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
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(2)
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“Opioid antagonist” means naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body, and has been approved for the treatment of an opioid overdose.
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(3)
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“School resource officer” means an individual who is a peace officer, as
defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, and who is employed by, or contracts with, a local educational agency, city, county, or other law enforcement agency to act in a school assignment.
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(4)
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“Schoolsite” means an individual school campus of a local educational agency or an area where a school-sponsored activity of a local educational agency is currently being held.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency shall ensure both of the following:
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(1)
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Each school resource officer assigned to a schoolsite shall carry on their person, while on duty, an opioid antagonist for the purpose of providing emergency treatment to persons who are suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose.
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(2)
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Each school resource officer, upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every two years thereafter, shall complete opioid overdose recognition and response training that is approved by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) or the State Department of Health Care Services. The training may be integrated into existing POST continuing professional training requirements to minimize administrative burden and ensure consistency across agencies.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding any other law, a school resource officer, while assigned to a schoolsite, who administers an opioid antagonist, in good faith and not for compensation, to a person who appears to be experiencing an opioid overdose constitutes the rendering of emergency care. The school resource officer, or the entity employing or contracting with the school resource officer, shall not be liable in a civil action or
be subject to criminal prosecution for the school resource officer’s acts or omissions in administering the opioid antagonist, unless an act or omission of the school resource officer constitutes gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct connected to the administration of the opioid antagonist.
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(d)
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The State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the department and POST, shall provide implementation guidance to local educational agencies and law enforcement agencies on accessing opioid antagonists at low or no cost and integrating overdose response into school safety planning.
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(e)
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This section may be implemented using existing state and local resources, including, but not limited to, the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, opioid settlement funds, federal grants, and private or philanthropic donations
to procure opioid antagonists and support opioid overdose recognition and response training.
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<html:p>If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.</html:p>
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