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LD1452 • 2025

An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board

An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board

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Sponsor
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Last action
2025-04-29
Official status
Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board

An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board Sponsor: Senator Joseph Baldacci Reference committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety Latest committee action: Reported Out; ONTP

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-29 Senate

    Pursuant to Joint Rule 310.3 Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. 2025-04-25 Committee

    Reported Out; ONTP

  3. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Work Session Held

  4. 2025-04-23 Committee

    Voted; ONTP

  5. 2025-04-08 House

    The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY . In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  6. 2025-04-08 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.

Official Summary Text

An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures Developed by the Board
Sponsor:
Senator Joseph Baldacci
Reference committee:
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Latest committee action:
Reported Out; ONTP

Current Bill Text

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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1452
S.P. 593 In Senate, April 3, 2025
An Act to Allow the Emergency Medical Services' Board to Assess
Civil Penalties for the Noncompliance of Emergency Medical
Services Persons with the Requirement to Administer Naloxone
Hydrochloride in Compliance with Trainings and Procedures
Developed by the Board
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered
printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator BALDACCI of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Senator: BEEBE-CENTER of Knox.

Page 1 - 132LR0685(01)
1Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
2Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §85, sub-§8, as repealed and replaced by PL 2023, c. 646, Pt. A,
3 §40, is amended to read:
48. Naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose-reversing medication. An
5 emergency medical services person licensed under this chapter shall administer and
6 dispense naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose-reversing medication in
7 compliance with protocols and training developed in accordance with this chapter. An
8 opioid overdose-reversing medication referenced in this subsection must be approved by
9 the federal Food and Drug Administration. Failure to comply with this subsection,
10 including any protocols or training requirements developed pursuant to this subsection, is
11 a civil violation for which a fine may be assessed in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per
12 violation.
13SUMMARY
14 This bill amends the provision of law that requires an emergency medical services
15 person to administer and dispense naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid overdose-
16 reversing medication in compliance with protocols and training developed by the
17 Emergency Medical Services' Board. The bill provides that failure to comply with this
18 provision of law, including failure to comply with any protocols or training requirements
19 developed by the board pursuant to this provision of law, is a civil violation for which a
20 fine may be assessed in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation.
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