Signed by Governor Tina Kotek

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house amendments and pass a bill to require that hospitals provide certain patients two doses of opioid overdose reversal medication, popularly known as Narcan.

Highlights:

• Requires that on the release of a patient that they are provided 2 doses of an opioid overdose reversal medication and the necessary medical supplies to administer the medication if a patient has been treated for an opioid use disorder and a patient is released to an unlicensed setting  (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the same will apply if a patient is discharged from a long term care facility (Sec. 3). 

• Requires the Oregon Health Authority to facilitate access to opioid overdose reversal medications and the necessary medical supplies to administer the medications for hospitals licensed (Sec. 7). 

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill to require that hospitals provide certain patients two doses of opioid overdose reversal medication, popularly known as Narcan.

Highlights:

• Requires that on the release of a patient that they are provided 2 doses of an opioid overdose reversal medication and the necessary medical supplies to administer the medication if a patient has been treated for an opioid use disorder and a patient is released to an unlicensed setting  (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that the same will apply if a patient is discharged from a long term care facility (Sec. 3). 

• Requires the Oregon Health Authority to facilitate access to opioid overdose reversal medications and the necessary medical supplies to administer the medications for hospitals licensed (Sec. 7). 

Full Bill Text