HF 1651

1st Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/26/2015 04:00pm

A bill for an act
relating to health; appropriating money for grant funding for opiate antagonist
purchases and training.

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

Section 1. new text begin STEVE'S LAW GRANT PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $250,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the general fund to the
commissioner of health for grants to educate emergency medical services persons, as
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 144.7401, subdivision 4, on the use of an opiate
antagonist in the event of an opioid or heroin overdose. Grant funds may be used for the
purposes of training and education or purchasing opiate antagonists. This appropriation is
a onetime appropriation and is available through September 1, 2016.
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new text begin (b) The grant funding must be distributed proportionately to the eight regional
emergency medical services programs based on the need of that region, as determined
by the commissioner. The commissioner shall utilize existing data to determine the
emergency medical services regions with the highest need for the grant funding provided
in paragraph (a). The regional emergency medical services programs must submit an
application for a grant to the commissioner by September 1, 2015.
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new text begin (c) For purposes of this section, "opiate antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride
or any similarly acting drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for
the treatment of drug overdose.
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