RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.

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Sponsor: GARCIA, ALCOS, MATSUMOTO, TAM, WARD
Last action: 2025-12-08
Official status: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact amount of funding provided by the bill is not specified in the official source material.

Opioid Antagonists in Classrooms

This bill requires each Department of Education classroom to have an opioid antagonist, mandates training for employees on overdose prevention and response, and provides funding.

What This Bill Does

Requires every Department of Education classroom to be equipped with at least one opioid antagonist.
Requires the Department of Education to train its employees on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to opioid-related drug overdoses and administer an opioid antagonist properly.

Who It Names or Affects

Department of Education classrooms
Department of Education employees

Terms To Know

Opioid antagonist: A drug that blocks the effects of opioids and can be used to treat opioid overdose.
Drug overdose prevention: Steps taken to prevent someone from taking too much of a drug, especially dangerous drugs like opioids.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how many classrooms are affected or the exact number of employees who need training.
It is unclear if there will be enough funding for all necessary purchases and trainings.

Bill History

2025-12-08 D
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
2025-01-27 H
Referred to EDN, HLT, FIN, referral sheet 4
2025-01-23 H
Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Official Summary Text

RELATING TO OPIOID ANTAGONISTS.
DOE; Opioid Antagonist; Classrooms; Appropriation ($)
Requires each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid antagonist. Requires the Department of Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration. Appropriates moneys.

Current Bill Text

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HB1399

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1399

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating
to Opioid antagonists
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:

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Opioid
antagonist; classroom; training.
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Each department classroom
shall be equipped with at least one opioid antagonist.

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(b)
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The department shall provide or coordinate
with any public or private entity to provide training to department employees
on:

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(1)
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Opioid-related
drug overdose prevention, recognition, and response; and

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(2)
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Opioid
antagonist administration.

The board shall establish standards and frequency
for the training.

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(c)
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An employee of the department who, acting in
good faith and with reasonable care, administers an opioid antagonist to a student
whom the employee believes to be suffering an opioid-related drug overdose
shall be immune from criminal prosecution, sanction under any professional
licensing law, and civil liability for acts or omissions resulting from the
administration.

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(d)
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As used in this section:

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"Opioid
antagonist" has the same meaning as in section 329E‑1.

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"Opioid-related
drug overdose" has the same meaning as in section 329E‑1.
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SECTION
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There is appropriated out of the
general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $
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or so much thereof as may be necessary
for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027 for the purchase and placement of an opioid
antagonist in each department of education classroom and training of teachers
and other department of education employees on opioid related drug overdose
prevention, recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration.

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The sums

appropriated shall be expended by the department
of education for the purposes of this Act.

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SECTION
3.
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New statutory material is
underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

DOE;
Opioid
Antagonist; Classrooms; Appropriation

Description:

Requires
each Department of Education classroom to be equipped with an opioid
antagonist.
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Requires the Department of
Education to train employees on opioid-related drug overdose prevention,
recognition, and response and opioid antagonist administration.
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Appropriates moneys.

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