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An Act To Require Housing Facilities for Persons with Substance Use Disorder Be Equipped with Naloxone
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  22 MRSA §2353, sub-§1, ¶A-1  is enacted to read:
 
A-1.  "Housing-based program" means a program run by an organization that provides housing for an individual with substance use disorder, including, but not limited to, a residential substance use disorder treatment facility and a recovery residence.
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §2353, sub-§1, ¶E  is enacted to read:
 
E.  "Recovery residence" means a shared living residence for individuals recovering from substance use disorder that provides an environment free of alcohol and illegal drugs.
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §2353, sub-§4-A  is enacted to read:
 
4-A.  Housing-based programs; standing orders for naloxone hydrochloride.     Acting under standing orders from a licensed health care professional authorized by law to prescribe naloxone hydrochloride, a housing-based program shall operate in accordance with rules adopted by the department and the provisions of this subsection.
 
A.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a housing-based program shall store and dispense naloxone hydrochloride and is not subject to the provisions of Title 32, chapter 117. The housing-based program shall store on site at least one unit of naloxone hydrochloride for every 3 residents of the housing-based program.
 
B.  A housing-based program shall provide training in administration of naloxone hydrochloride that meets the protocols and criteria established by the department, and full-time employees shall successfully complete the training.
 
C.  A housing-based program shall distribute unit-of-use packages of naloxone hydrochloride and the medical supplies necessary to administer the naloxone hydrochloride to a full-time employee of the housing-based program who has successfully completed the training described in paragraph B so that the employee may possess and administer naloxone hydrochloride to an individual who appears to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose.
 
The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.
 
SUMMARY
This bill requires organizations that provide housing to persons with substance use disorder to store one unit of naloxone hydrochloride for every 3 residents. It also requires these organizations to provide training to full-time employees so that an employee may possess and administer naloxone hydrochloride to an individual who appears to be experiencing an opioid-related drug overdose. It directs the Department of Health and Human Services to adopt rules to implement these requirements.