00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 202                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to the availability and administration of opioid overdose drugs in                                     
02 public schools."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 14.30 is amended by adding a new section to article 3 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 14.30.145. Opioid overdose drugs. (a) Each school district shall ensure                               
06       that                                                                                                              
07                 (1)  a person trained to administer naloxone nasal spray is on site                                     
08                      (A)  when the main school building of each school in the school                                    
09            district is open to students, staff, or the public, including periods when the                               
10            school building is open before and after school hours and during weekend                                     
11            activities; and                                                                                              
12                      (B)  during each school-sponsored event, whether the event is                                      
13            conducted on or off of school grounds;                                                                       
14                 (2)  each school bus driver for the school district is trained to                                       

01       administer naloxone nasal spray;                                                                                  
02                 (3)  the main school building of each school in the school district has at                              
03       least two doses of naloxone nasal spray available on site; and                                                    
04                 (4)  at least one dose of naloxone nasal spray is available during a                                    
05       school-sponsored event, whether the event is conducted on or off of school grounds,                               
06       and on a school bus while students are being transported to or from school or a school-                           
07       sponsored event.                                                                                                  
08            (b)  The commissioner of health shall develop and provide to each school                                     
09       district a short training video about how and when to administer naloxone nasal spray.                            
10            (c)  In this section,                                                                                        
11 (1)  "main school building" means the building on school grounds                                                        
12 where most of the students of the school are educated during regular school hours and                                   
13       the principal, nurse, and other administrative staff of the school are located;                                   
14                 (2)  "naloxone nasal spray" has the meaning given in AS 17.20.085(e);                                   
15                 (3)  "opioid overdose drug" has the meaning given in AS 17.20.085(e);                                   
16 (4)  "school district" means a borough school district, a city school                                                   
17       district, a regional educational attendance area, and a state boarding school;                                    
18 (5)  "school grounds" means a building, structure, athletic playing field,                                              
19 playground, parking area, or land contained within the real property boundary line of a                                 
20       school in a school district.                                                                                      
21    * Sec. 2. AS 17.20.085(e) is amended by adding new paragraphs to read:                                             
22 (5)  "naloxone nasal spray" means naloxone administered by intranasal                                                   
23 spray that reverses, in whole or in part, the pharmacological effects of an opioid                                      
24       overdose;                                                                                                         
25                 (6)  "school district" has the meaning given in AS 14.30.145(c).                                        
26    * Sec. 3. AS 17.20.085 is amended by adding new subsections to read:                                               
27 (f)  Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a school district,                                     
28 if acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may receive                              
29 a supply of opioid overdose drugs and possess opioid overdose drugs for the purposes                                    
30       of AS 14.30.145.                                                                                                  
31 (g)  Notwithstanding a provision or rule of law to the contrary, a person, if                                           

01       acting under a standing order or protocol under (a) or (c) of this section, may                                   
02       administer naloxone nasal spray under AS 14.30.145 to a person at risk of                                         
03       experiencing an opioid overdose.