Kansas HB2159 exempts law enforcement agencies not providing emergency opioid antagonists from requiring a physician medical director.
Kansas HB2159 creates the emergency opioid antagonists assistance grant fund to help law enforcement agencies purchase emergency opioid antagonists. It removes law enforcement agencies from the state board of pharmacy's opioid antagonist protocol. The bill also provides immunity from civil liability and criminal prosecution for certain individuals administering emergency opioid antagonists in good faith. Law enforcement agencies not providing emergency opioid antagonists are exempt from the requirement to procure a physician medical director.
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