WHB/7/4
Sponsored by Georgia Kraemert, Maggie Crosslin of St. Cecilia Academy
This legislation was filed in the Health category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in the act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | Fentanyl: Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration |
| 5 | for use as an analgesic (pain relief) and anesthetic. |
| 6 | Overdose: when you take a toxic (poisonous) amount of a drug or medicine |
| 7 | Naloxone: medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designed to rapidly |
| 8 | reverse opioid overdose |
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| 10 | Section 2: Naloxone will be present in all public high schools in the event of an overdose. |
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| 12 | Section 3: One administrator and/or nurse in each public high school will be required to complete |
| 13 | Tennessee Department of Health’s training on Naloxone administration, to prevent opioid |
| 14 | overdose. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Section 4: The Faculty and Staff will be trained at orientation in how to administer Naloxone. The |
| 17 | school nurse or administrator will oversee the training at the beginning of each school year. |
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| 19 | Section 5: The cost required will be $209,585 for the first year. The following years will depend on |
| 20 | how many replacements are needed. The cost comes from each public high school being given one |
| 21 | dosage of Naloxone, and the regional supervisors who oversee it. The Tennessee Department of |
| 22 | Health will oversee training. |
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| 24 | Section 6: This act will go into effect starting January 1, 2025, so that it is ensured that there will |
| 25 | be successful impact on students attending public high schools in the 2025- 2026 school year, the |
| 26 | public welfare requiring it. |
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