SB18-040: Substance Use Disorder Harm Reduction

Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study

Committee. The bill: • Specifies that hospitals may be used as clean syringe exchange sites (

section 1 ); • Provides civil immunity for participants of a clean syringe exchange program (

section 1 ); • Creates a supervised injection facility pilot program in the city and county of Denver and provides civil and criminal immunity for the approved supervised injection facility (

sections 2 through 4 ); • Allows school districts and nonpublic schools to develop a policy by which schools are allowed to obtain a supply of opiate antagonists and school employees are trained to administer opiate antagonists to individuals at risk of experiencing a drug overdose (

sections 5 through 11 ); and • Requires the commission on criminal and juvenile justice to study certain topics related to sentencing for opioid-related offenses (

section 12 ).

2018

• Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely (02/14/2018)
• Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs (01/10/2018)