An Act To Provide Access to Affordable Naloxone Hydrochloride for First Responders
Maine Legislature, Session 127, LD 1547
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: GIDEON, BREEN, BURSTEIN, MALABY, MARTIN, NADEAU, VACHON, DILL, KATZ, SAVIELLO
Amends: 22 MRSA §2353

Legislative Document 
No. 1547 
H.P. 1054 
House of Representatives, January 12, 2016 
An Act To Provide Access to Affordable Naloxone Hydrochloride 
for First Responders 
Submitted by the Department of the Attorney General pursuant to Joint Rule 203. 
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed. 
ROBERT B. HUNT 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative GIDEON of Freeport. 
Cosponsored by Senator BREEN of Cumberland and 
Representatives: BURSTEIN of Lincolnville, MALABY of Hancock, MARTIN of Sinclair, 
NADEAU of Winslow, VACHON of Scarborough, Senators: DILL of Penobscot, KATZ of 
Kennebec, SAVIELLO of Franklin. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §2353, sub-§5 is enacted to read: 
5.  Attorney General authority; municipal naloxone hydrochloride purchases; 
fund.  The Attorney General may negotiate bulk purchases of, purchase or receive by gift 
and dispense naloxone hydrochloride and associated materials and agents for use in the 
prevention of opioid-related drug overdose deaths.  The Office of the Attorney General 
shall provide and distribute naloxone hydrochloride and associated materials and agents 
throughout the State when necessary to protect the public health.  Municipalities may 
purchase naloxone hydrochloride from the Office of the Attorney General pursuant to this 
subsection for municipal first responder agencies and law enforcement officers and 
firefighters as described in subsection 3. 
A.  The Naloxone Bulk Purchase Fund, referred to in this subsection as "the fund," is 
established as a nonlapsing fund to carry out the purposes of this subsection.  The 
Office of the Attorney General shall administer the fund. 
B.  The fund consists of the following: 
(1)  Payments made by participating municipalities for the purchase of naloxone 
hydrochloride pursuant to this subsection; 
(2)  Money appropriated or allocated by the Legislature and specifically 
designated to be credited to the fund; and 
(3)  Funds from public or private sources, including, but not limited to, gifts, 
grants, donations, rebates and settlements received by the State that are 
specifically designated to be credited to the fund. 
Funds received under subparagraphs (2) and (3) must be apportioned in a manner 
determined by the Office of the Attorney General and must be applied to provide 
price reductions for municipalities purchasing naloxone hydrochloride pursuant to 
this subsection. 
C.  Amounts credited to the fund may not be appropriated or allocated except as set 
out in this subsection, and money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year 
does not lapse to the General Fund but must be carried forward and used for the 
purposes of this subsection. 
D.  The Attorney General shall report annually by October 1st to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human services 
matters on the fund's activity.  The report must include, but not be limited to, revenue 
received by the fund, revenue and expenditure projections for the forthcoming fiscal 
year and details of all expenditures from the fund, the municipalities participating, the 
amount of naloxone hydrochloride purchased by each municipality and the discount 
procured through bulk purchasing. 
SUMMARY 
This bill establishes the Naloxone Bulk Purchase Fund administered by the Office of 
the Attorney General for the purpose of providing funding to the Office of the Attorney 
General to make bulk purchases of naloxone hydrochloride that may be purchased by 
municipalities for use by first responders.