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Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

Signed by Governor Janet Mills


Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

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Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote on a motion to adopt an "ought to pass as amended" report for a bill that expands Maine's Good Samaritan law concerning drug-related medical emergencies.

Highlights:

  • Establishes legal immunity for “protected person” responding to suspected drug-related overdose (Page 1).

  • Exempts such person from immunity if such person charged or convicted of offense such as sexual assault, kidnapping, or incest (Page  1).

  • Defines “protected person” as “a person who in good faith calls for assistance for another person experiencing a suspected drug-related overdose and any person rendering aid at the location of the suspected drug-related overdose” (Page 2).

  • Specifies when protected person immune from arrest, prosecution (Page 2).

  • Authorizes motions in court to determine immunity (Page 3).

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Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

Title: Expands Maine's Good Samaritan Law Concerning Drug-Related Medical Assistance

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