OPIOID ANTAGONIST: CORR. OFFICERS H.B. 5790:
SUMMARY OF BILL
REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE
House Bill 5790 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Representative Gary Howell
House Committee: Health Policy
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 462 of 2014, which allows peace officers to carry and administer opioid antagonists in certain circumstances, to include local and State corrections officers in the Act's definition of "peace officer".
The Act allows a peace officer who is trained in the proper administration of an opioid antagonist to possess and administer it to a person experiencing an opioid-related overdose. The bill would include both of the following in the definition of "peace officer":
-- A local corrections officer, as that term is defined in the Local Corrections Officers Training Act (any person employed by a county sheriff in a local correctional facility as a corrections officer or that person's supervisor or administrator).
-- A State correctional officer, as that term is defined in the Correctional Officers' Training Act (any person employed by the Department of Corrections in a correctional facility as a correctional officer or a corrections medical aide, or that person's immediate supervisor).
Currently, "peace officer" means a regularly employed member of a law enforcement agency who is responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of general criminal laws of the State; a law enforcement officer of a Michigan Indian tribal police force; the sergeant at arms or an assistant sergeant at arms of either house of the Legislature who is commissioned as a police officer; a law enforcement officer of a multicounty metropolitan district; and a police officer or public safety officer of a community college, college, or university who is authorized by its governing board to enforce State law.
MCL 28.541 Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Fiscal Analyst: Ryan Bergan
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.