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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 25, 2025

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Introduced February 14, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB547

AN ACT relating to opioid antagonists.

Amend KRS 217.186 to require each public postsecondary educational institution to provide access to opioid antagonists on campus; permit access to be provided by emergency opioid antagonist cabinets; permit application for funds from the opioid abatement trust fund and other available sources to coordinate, maintain, and supply the opioid antagonists; amend KRS 15.291 to add providing access to opioid antagonists on the campuses of public postsecondary educational institutions to the list of projects that may be provided with funding from the opioid abatement trust fund.

Drugs and Medicines Education, Higher Emergency Medical Services Health and Medical Services Public Health Universities and Colleges Attorney General Opioids

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This bill would require Kentucky's public colleges and universities to make opioid antagonists — medications that can reverse an opioid overdose — available on their campuses, including through emergency cabinets similar to AED stations. It also allows these institutions to apply for funding from the state's opioid abatement trust fund to cover the cost of obtaining and maintaining that supply. Who it may affect: students, faculty, staff, and visitors at Kentucky's public colleges and universities.

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