00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 369                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to limited immunity from criminal prosecution for a person who seeks                                   
02 medical assistance for a person experiencing a drug overdose."                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 11.71 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 11.71.311. Immunity from prosecution for certain persons in                                           
06       connection with a drug overdose. (a) A person may not be prosecuted for an offense                              
07       under this chapter if that person                                                                                 
08                 (1)  sought in good faith medical or law enforcement assistance for                                     
09       another person who the person reasonably believed was experiencing a drug overdose                                
10       and                                                                                                               
11                      (A)  the evidence supporting the prosecution for an offense                                        
12            under this chapter was obtained or discovered as a result of the person seeking                              
13            medical or law enforcement assistance;                                                                       
14                      (B)  the person remained at the scene with the other person until                                  

01            medical or law enforcement assistance arrived; and                                                           
02                      (C)  the person cooperated with medical or law enforcement                                         
03            personnel including by providing identification;                                                             
04                 (2)  was experiencing a drug overdose and sought medical assistance                                     
05       and the evidence supporting a prosecution for an offense under this chapter was                                   
06       obtained as a result of the overdose and the need for medical assistance.                                         
07            (b)  In this section, "drug overdose" means a controlled substance induced                                   
08       physiological event that results in a life-threatening emergency to the person who                                
09       ingested, inhaled, injected, or otherwise introduced the controlled substance into the                            
10       body.                                                                                                             
11    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
12 read:                                                                                                                   
13       APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to offenses occurring before, on, or after the                                    
14 effective date of this Act.