NONOPIOID DIRECTIVE FORM; EXCEPTION                                            H.B. 5261 (H-1):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                     REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

House Bill 5261 (Substitute H-1 as reported without amendment)

Sponsor:  Representative Abdullah Hammoud

House Committee:  Health Policy

Senate Committee:  Health Policy and Human Services

CONTENT

The bill would amend Section 9415 of the Public Health Code to allow certain prescribers or health professionals to administer an opioid to an individual who had executed a nonopioid directive form if the opioid were for intraoperative use.

Section 9415 requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop a nonopioid directive form that indicates that an individual who has executed the form or who had a form executed on the his or her behalf may not be administered or offered a prescription for an opioid.

A prescriber who holds a controlled substances license under Article 7 (Controlled Substances) of the Code or a health professional who is a practical nurse or registered professional nurse and is acting on the order of the prescriber may administer an opioid to an individual who has executed a nonopioid directive form or who has had a nonopioid directive form executed on his or her behalf if the individual is being treated at a hospital or in a setting outside of a hospital in the case of an emergency and, in the prescriber's professional opinion, the administration of the opioid is medically necessary to treat the individual.

Under the bill, a prescriber or health professional described in Section 9415 also could administer an opioid to an individual who had executed a nonopioid directive form or who had had a nonopioid directive form executed on his or her behalf if the opioid were for intraoperative use.

MCL 333.9415                                                       Legislative Analyst:  Stephen Jackson

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-9-22                                                 Fiscal Analyst:  Ellyn Ackerman

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.