HSB 634 (LSB 5970YC (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KLEIN)

A BILL FOR

An Act creating an opioid antagonist medication fund for first responders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  135.190A  Opioid antagonist medication fund.
   1.  An opioid antagonist medication fund for first responders is created within the state treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited into the fund. 
   2.  Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication administered by first responders to persons experiencing an opioid-related overdose. The department is authorized to designate moneys in the fund for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication used by the department or other entities under this section. 
   3.  State and local law enforcement agencies and fire departments may make application to the fund for the procurement of opioid antagonist medications.
   4.  The fund may consist of available federal or state moneys available, as well as any available opioid lawsuit settlement moneys. Funds may be transferred between other state agencies and the fund as appropriate.
   5.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   6.  The department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December 31 of each year which shall contain all of the following:
   a.  A list of all expenditures from the fund made in the previous fiscal year.
   b.  The amount of moneys in the fund carried over from the previous fiscal year to the current fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys including any expenditures in the current fiscal year.
   c.  The amount of moneys in the fund the department intends to carry over from the current fiscal year to the next fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys.
   d.  A list of all the sources of moneys deposited in the fund in the previous fiscal year.
   7.  For purposes of this section:
   a.  “First responder” means state and local law enforcement personnel and fire department personnel who provide or administer an opioid antagonist to a person experiencing an opioid-related overdose.
   b.  “Opioid antagonist” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
   c.  “Opioid-related overdose” means the same as defined in section 147A.1.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill creates an opioid antagonist medication fund for first responders.
   The bill provides that an opioid antagonist medication fund (fund) for first responders is created within the state treasury under the control of the department of public health (department). The fund shall consist of moneys appropriated to or deposited in the fund and may include available federal or state moneys, as well as any available opioid lawsuit settlement moneys. Funds may be transferred between other state agencies and the fund as appropriate. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication to be administered by first responders to persons experiencing an opioid-related overdose. Moneys in the fund may be designated for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication. State and local law enforcement agencies and fire departments may make application to the fund for the procurement of opioid antagonist medications.
   The bill provides that moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure, and interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
   The bill provides that the department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December 31 of each year which shall contain a list of all expenditures from the fund made in the previous fiscal year, the amount of moneys in the fund carried over from the previous fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys including any expenditures in the current fiscal year, the amount of moneys in the fund the department intends to carry over from the current fiscal year to the next fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys, and a list of all the sources of moneys deposited into the fund in the previous fiscal year.
   The bill provides definitions.