{"id":5095,"date":"2019-05-24T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T14:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/wojno\/?p=5095"},"modified":"2019-05-24T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T14:48:29","slug":"senate-passes-bill-giving-government-employees-ok-to-administer-narcan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/wojno\/2019\/05\/24\/senate-passes-bill-giving-government-employees-ok-to-administer-narcan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate passes bill giving government employees OK to administer Narcan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Michigan Senate has passed a bill to allow government agencies and employees to administer naloxone\u00a0\u2014 known by its brand name Narcan\u00a0\u2014 in case of an emergency opioid overdose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(egobblj343mezupjihg1vjc3))\/mileg.aspx?page=GetObject&amp;objectname=2019-SB-0200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 200<\/a>, sponsored by Paul Wojno (D-Warren), is part of a three-bill package \u2014&nbsp;including Senate Bills 282 and 283, and House Bill 436 \u2014 that would update Michigan law to expand the types of people who can administer naloxone and require them to be trained in administering it. The legislation also protects employees from civil liability if injuries or damages result from the naloxone administration under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe opioid epidemic has devastated communities and families across Michigan, and this bipartisan package of bills will increase access to lifesaving medicine in case of emergencies,\u201d Wojno stated in a news release. \u201cAs lawmakers, it\u2019s our responsibility to serve the people of Michigan, and my legislation will help save lives and give individuals a second chance at beating their addiction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, there were\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drugabuse.gov\/opioid-summaries-by-state\/michigan-opioid-summary\" target=\"_blank\">2,033 overdose deaths involving opioids<\/a>\u00a0in Michigan. Synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, have been a large part of that, accounting for 1,368 deaths in 2017 \u2014 roughly an 1,800% increase since 2012.<br \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pressandguide.com\/news\/state\/senate-passes-bill-giving-government-employees-ok-to-administer-narcan\/article_937b255b-4544-5228-ab6c-28cf29a4ac88.html\">http:\/\/www.pressandguide.com\/news\/state\/senate-passes-bill-giving-government-employees-ok-to-administer-narcan\/article_937b255b-4544-5228-ab6c-28cf29a4ac88.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Michigan Senate has passed a bill to allow government agencies and employees to administer naloxone\u00a0\u2014 known by its brand name Narcan\u00a0\u2014 in case of an emergency opioid overdose. Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate passes bill giving government employees OK to administer Narcan - Senator Paul Wojno<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/wojno\/2019\/05\/24\/senate-passes-bill-giving-government-employees-ok-to-administer-narcan-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate passes bill giving government employees OK to administer Narcan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Michigan Senate has passed a bill to allow government agencies and employees to administer naloxone\u00a0\u2014 known by its brand name Narcan\u00a0\u2014 in case of an emergency opioid overdose. 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