1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to permit hospitals to obtain 
1.3 	opiate antagonists through a web-based portal;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 144.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [144.0529] HOSPITALS; ACCESS TO PORTAL FOR OPIATE 
1.7 	ANTAGONISTS.
1.8 	(a) For purposes of this section, "opiate antagonist" has the meaning given in section 
1.9 	604A.04, subdivision 1.
1.10 	(b) The commissioner of health must allow hospitals licensed under sections 144.50 to 
1.11 	144.56 to obtain opiate antagonists through the web-based portal for distribution of opiate 
1.12 	antagonists that is administered by the commissioner. A hospital may distribute opiate 
1.13 	antagonists obtained through the portal to a patient, upon discharge, who may need an opiate 
1.14 	antagonist in the future, including a patient who:
1.15 	(1) exhibited symptoms of opioid use disorder upon admission or during the patient's 
1.16 	hospital stay; or
1.17 	(2) was treated for opioid use disorder or an opioid overdose.
1.18 	(c) A hospital is not required to order or obtain opiate antagonists through the portal 
1.19 	specified in paragraph (b).