Amends TCA Title 49.
Under present law, it is the intent of the general assembly that schools, both public and nonpublic, be prepared to treat drug overdoses in the event other appropriate healthcare responses are not available. Each school within an LEA and each nonpublic school is authorized to maintain an opioid antagonist at the school in at least two unlocked, secure locations, including, but not limited to, the school office and the school cafeteria, so that an opioid antagonist may be administered to any student believed to be having a drug overdose. This bill requires the principal or head of a school that maintains such an opioid antagonist to ensure that the opioid antagonist is stored in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. This bill also prohibits a school within an LEA or a nonpublic school from prohibiting a student, employee, or visitor from possessing an opioid antagonist while the person is on school property or attending a school-sponsored activity held at a location that is not school property.
Under present law, it is the intent of the general assembly that schools, both public and nonpublic, be prepared to treat drug overdoses in the event other appropriate healthcare responses are not available. Each school within an LEA and each nonpublic school is authorized to maintain an opioid antagonist at the school in at least two unlocked, secure locations, including, but not limited to, the school office and the school cafeteria, so that an opioid antagonist may be administered to any student believed to be having a drug overdose. This bill requires the principal or head of a school that maintains such an opioid antagonist to ensure that the opioid antagonist is stored in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. This bill also prohibits a school within an LEA or a nonpublic school from prohibiting a student, employee, or visitor from possessing an opioid antagonist while the person is on school property or attending a school-sponsored activity held at a location that is not school property.
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