2023 House Bill 5078 / 2024 Public Act 232

Health: pharmaceuticals; distribution of opioid antagonists by employees and agents of agencies under the administration of opioid antagonists act; provide for.

An act to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled “An act to protect and promote the public health; to codify, revise, consolidate, classify, and add to the laws relating to public health; to provide for the prevention and control of diseases and disabilities; to provide for the classification, administration, regulation, financing, and maintenance of personal, environmental, and other health services and activities; to create or continue, and prescribe the powers and duties of, departments, boards, commissions, councils, committees, task forces, and other agencies; to prescribe the powers and duties of governmental entities and officials; to regulate occupations, facilities, and agencies affecting the public health; to regulate health maintenance organizations and certain third party administrators and insurers; to provide for the imposition of a regulatory fee; to provide for the levy of taxes against certain health facilities or agencies; to promote the efficient and economical delivery of health care services, to provide for the appropriate utilization of health care facilities and services, and to provide for the closure of hospitals or consolidation of hospitals or services; to provide for the collection and use of data and information; to provide for the transfer of property; to provide certain immunity from liability; to regulate and prohibit the sale and offering for sale of drug paraphernalia under certain circumstances; to provide for the implementation of federal law; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide for sanctions for violations of this act and local ordinances; to provide for an appropriation and supplements; to repeal certain acts and parts of acts; to repeal certain parts of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” by amending section 17744b (MCL 333.17744b), as amended by 2019 PA 36.

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 5078 would amend the Public Health Code to allow a prescriber to issue a prescription for and a dispensing prescriber or pharmacist to dispense an opioid antagonist to an agency authorized to obtain an opioid antagonist under the Administration of Opioid Antagonists Act.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 3, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Carrie Rheingans (D-47) and 22 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. David Prestin (R-108), Noah Arbit (D-20), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Rachel Hood (D-81), Julie Brixie (D-73), Joey Andrews (D-38), John Fitzgerald (D-83), Lori Stone (D-13), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Jenn Hill (D-109), Kara Hope (D-74), Betsy Coffia (D-103), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Jasper Martus (D-69), Jim Haadsma (D-44), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Ann Bollin (R-49), Regina Weiss (D-6), Christine Morse (D-40), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Curtis VanderWall (R-102) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

March 5, 2024

Reported without amendment

April 24, 2024

Passed in the House 96 to 11 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Abraham Aiyash (D-9)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

April 30, 2024

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy

Oct. 30, 2024

Reported without amendment

Oct. 31, 2024

Referred to the Committee of the Whole

Nov. 13, 2024

Reported without amendment

Dec. 10, 2024

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Jan. 17, 2025