Senator SENN proposed the following amendment (3998R001.KMM.SS):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:

/SECTION __. Chapter 130, Title 44 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 44-130-75. (A) A hospital, by and through a healthcare provider employed by the hospital, may distribute an opioid antidote to:

(1) a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose; or

(2) a caregiver of a person at risk of experiencing an opiate-related overdose.

(B) A hospital that distributes an opioid antidote in accordance with the provisions of this section is not, as a result of an act or omission, subject to civil or criminal liability. A healthcare provider employed by a hospital that distributes an opioid antidote for the hospital in accordance with the provisions of this section is not, as a result of an act or omission, subject to civil or criminal liability or subject to disciplinary action by the healthcare provider's licensing board." /