CA SB 234
Title: Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks.
Author: Blanca Pacheco
Summary
SB 234, as amended, Portantino. Opioid antagonists: stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local governmental agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone or another opioid antagonist to first responders and at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. Existing law exempts from civil liability a person who, in good faith and not for compensation, renders emergency medical or nonmedical care or assistance at the scene of an emergency other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, as provided.This bill would require each stadium, concert venue, and amusement park to maintain unexpired doses of naloxone hydrochloride or any other opioid antagonist on its premises at all times, and to ensure that at least 2 employees are aware of the location of the naloxone hydrochloride or other opioid antagonist. The bill would exempt from civil or criminal liability a person who, in good faith, administers naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist by nasal spray or auto-injector on the premises of a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, other than an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct, except as specified. The bill would exempt from civil or criminal liability a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, or its employees, or an entity that owns, occupies, or operates a stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, or its employees, for the administration of naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, or the failure to administer naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, on the premises of the stadium, concert venue, or amusement park, as provided.
Status
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Bill Documents
CA SB 234 - 09/06/23 - Amended Assembly
09/06/23 - CA SB 234 (09/06/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 234 - 07/13/23 - Amended Assembly
07/13/23 - CA SB 234 (07/13/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 234 - 07/03/23 - Amended Assembly
07/03/23 - CA SB 234 (07/03/23 - Amended Assembly)
CA SB 234 - 05/18/23 - Amended Senate
05/18/23 - CA SB 234 (05/18/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 234 - 04/25/23 - Amended Senate
04/25/23 - CA SB 234 (04/25/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 234 - 04/17/23 - Amended Senate
04/17/23 - CA SB 234 (04/17/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 234 - 03/13/23 - Amended Senate
03/13/23 - CA SB 234 (03/13/23 - Amended Senate)
CA SB 234 - 01/24/23 - Introduced
01/24/23 - CA SB 234 (01/24/23 - Introduced)
CA SB 234 - 01/24/23 - Introduced
01/24/23 - CA SB 234 (01/24/23 - Introduced)