H-8241

   Amend House File 2459 as follows:
   1.  Page 4, after line 19 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 135.190, subsection 1, as enacted by 2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218, section 1, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  0a.  “Licensed health care professional” means the same as defined in section 280.16.
   Sec. ___.  Section 135.190, subsection 1, as enacted by 2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218, section 1, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a licensed health care professional may prescribe an opioid antagonist to a person in a position to assist.
   Sec. ___.  Section 135.190, subsection 3, as enacted by 2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A person in a position to assist or a prescriber of an opioid antagonist who has acted reasonably and in good faith shall not be liable for any injury arising from the provision, administration, or assistance in the administration of an opioid antagonist as provided in this section.>
   2.  Page 5, after line 13 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218, as enacted, is amended by adding the following new section:
   NEW SECTION.  SEC. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  The following provision or provisions of this division of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
   1.  The sections of this division of this Act amending section 135.190.
   2.  The section of this division of this Act amending 2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218.
   Sec. ___.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  The following provision or provisions of this division of this Act apply retroactively to April 6, 2016:
   1.  The sections of this division of this Act amending section 135.190.
   2.  The section of this division of this Act amending 2016 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2218.>
   3.  Title page, line 3, after <matters> by inserting <, and including effective date and retroactive applicability date provisions>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ISENHART of Dubuque