An Act to Require All Police Officers to Carry Naloxone Hydrochloride When on Duty
Maine Legislature, Session 131, LD 1036
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Sponsors: MILLIKEN, DAUGHTRY, CRAFTS, EATON, GUERRETTE, HENDERSON, MURPHY, RECKITT, ZAGER
Amends: 22 MRSA §2353

Legislative Document
No. 1036
H.P. 672
House of Representatives, March 7, 2023
An Act to Require All Police Officers to Carry Naloxone 
Hydrochloride When on Duty
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative MILLIKEN of Blue Hill.
Cosponsored by Senator DAUGHTRY of Cumberland and
Representatives: CRAFTS of Newcastle, EATON of Deer Isle, GUERRETTE of Caribou, 
HENDERSON of Rumford, LaROCHELLE of Augusta, MURPHY of Scarborough, 
RECKITT of South Portland, ZAGER of Portland.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §2353, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2021, c. 605, §2, 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 correctional 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, in accordance with policies adopted by the jail, prison or 
correctional facility, and a municipal firefighter as defined in Title 30‑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 municipal firefighter has received medical training in 
accordance with protocols adopted by the Medical Direction and Practices Board 
established in Title 32, section 83, subsection 16‑B. A law enforcement officer, as defined 
in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 17, in accordance with policies adopted by the law 
enforcement agency, shall carry naloxone hydrochloride at all times when on duty, obtain 
medical training in accordance with protocols adopted by the Medical Direction and 
Practices Board and administer or dispense intranasal naloxone hydrochloride as clinically 
indicated. The Medical Direction and Practices Board shall establish medical training 
protocols for law enforcement officers, corrections officers and municipal firefighters 
pursuant to this subsection.
SUMMARY
The bill amends the law requiring the administration and dispensing of naloxone 
hydrochloride by law enforcement officers, corrections officers and municipal firefighters 
to further require law enforcement officers to obtain medical training in the dispensing of 
naloxone hydrochloride and to carry naloxone hydrochloride at all times when on duty.