Amendment #2 to H4743

Narcan Availability in Schools

Mr. Scanlon of North Attleborough moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

SECTION XXXX. Chapter 76 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 1B the following section:-

Section 1C. Upon the acceptance of this section by the local legislative body of a city or town, or by a majority vote of two-thirds of the member communities of a regional school district, the school committee of a city, town or regional school district shall establish a naloxone overdose prevention program. Said program shall require every school nurse to be trained in naloxone assistance and have naloxone in nurse’s office. Said program may be developed with the assistance from the department of education and department of public health.