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WORK to Save Lives Act

Introduced: September 27, 2023 Introduced by: Merkley, Jeff Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Sep 27, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 27, 2023
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Workplace Overdose Reversal Kits to Save Lives Act or the WORK to Save Lives Act

This bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take actions to make opioid overdose reversal medications available in workplaces.

Specifically, OSHA must issue regulations that require federal agencies to acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal medications and annually train employees on the use of the medications. OSHA must also issue nonmandatory guidance to private employers on the same topics. 

What's happening now September 27, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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