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S 2092 113th Congress Senate Health Civil actions and liability Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Emergency medical services and trauma care Federal preemption Health personnel State and local government operations

Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014

Introduced: March 6, 2014 Introduced by: Markey, Edward J. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Became law
May 14, 2014
Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held.
Mar 6, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 6, 2014
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014 - Exempts from liability for harm caused by the emergency administration of an opioid overdose drug:

  • a health care professional who prescribes or provides such a drug to an individual at risk of experiencing an opioid overdose, or to another person in a position to assist such individual, if the individual has been educated about opioid overdose prevention and treatment by the health care professional or as part of a government opioid overdose program;
  • a person who provides such a drug for emergency administration to an individual authorized to receive it as part of an opioid overdose program; and
  • a person who provides for emergency administration of such a drug to an individual who reasonably appears to have suffered an overdose from heroin or another opioid if such person obtained such drug from a health care professional or as part of an opioid overdose program and was educated by such professional or program in the proper administration of such drug.

Makes such exemptions inapplicable if the harm was caused by gross negligence or reckless misconduct.

What's happening now May 14, 2014

Committee on United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. Hearings held.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4288 Identical bill Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 17, 2014
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2092: Opioid Overdose Reduction Act of 2014. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-2092/
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