An Act To Increase the Availability ofNasal Naloxone in Community Settings
Maine Legislature, Session 130, LD 1428
Committee Amendment CA_A_H876 (House)
Amends: 22 MRSA §2353

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT "H" to H.P. 1044, L.D. 1428, "An Act To Increase 
the Availability ofNasal Naloxone in Community Settings" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'An Act To Increase the Availability of Intranasal Naloxone in Community and 
Corrections Settings' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting the 
following: 
'Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §2353, sub-§1, ~ 
is enacted to read: 
F. "Corrections officer" means a person who is responsible for the custody or direct 
supervision of a person confined in a jail, prison or correctional facility pursuant to an 
order of a court or as a result of an arrest. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §2353, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2017, c. 220, §1, is further 
amended to read: 
3. Authorized administration and dispensing of naloxone hydrochloride by law 
enforcement officers, corrections officers and municipal firefighters. 
A law 
enforcement agency as defined in Title 25, section 3701, subsection 1, a regional or county 
jail, a prison, a conectional facility as defined in Title 34-A, section 1001, subsection 6 or 
a municipal fire department as defined in Title 30-A, section 3151, subsection 1 is 
authorized to obtain a supply of naloxone hydrochloride to be administered or dispensed in 
accordance with this subsection. A law enforcement officer as defined in Title 17-A, 
section 2, subsection 17, in accordance with policies adopted by the law enforcement 
agency, a corrections officer who possesses a eurrent and •ralid eertifieate issued by the 
"Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justiee A.eademy pursuant to Title 25, seetion 
2803 A, in accordance with policies adopted by the jail, prison or correctional facility, and 
a municipal firefighter as defined in Title 3 0-A, section 3151, subsection 2, in accordance 
with policies adopted by the municipality, may administer or dispense intranasal naloxone 
hydrochloride as clinically indicated if the law enforcement officer, corrections officer or 
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municipal firefighter has received medical training in accordance with protocols adopted 
by the Medical Direction and Practices Board established in Title 3 2, section 83, subsection 
16-B. The Medical Direction and Practices Board shall establish medical training protocols 
for law enforcement officers, conections officers and municipal firefighters pursuant to 
this subsection.' 
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section 
number to read consecutively. 
SUMMARY 
This amendment replaces the bill. The amendment adds a definition of 
11conections 
officer.
It also increases the availability of intranasal naloxone hydrochloride in 
community and conections settings by removing the requirement that a conections officer 
possess a cunent and valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine 
Criminal Justice Academy in order to administer intranasal naloxone hydrochloride. The 
amendment adds the authorization for law enforcement officers, corrections officers and 
municipal firefighters to dispense intranasal naloxone hydrochloride in the same manner 
as is authorized for the administration of intranasal naloxone hydrochloride. 
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