Section 49428.16 - Preventing pupil opioid overdoses; strategies; County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools; information for website(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to assist local educational agencies in developing strategies for preventing pupil opioid overdoses, including synthetic opioids.(b) The Legislature encourages county offices of education to establish a County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools for the purposes of outreach, building awareness, and collaborating with local health agencies regarding fentanyl overdoses. A County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools is encouraged to, at a minimum, include representatives of local educational agencies within the county and the county public health department.(c) The department shall curate and maintain on its internet website all of the following: (1) Informational materials containing awareness and safety advice, for school staff, pupils, and parents or guardians of pupils, on how to prevent an opioid overdose and any relevant information developed by a County Working Group on Fentanyl Education in Schools established pursuant to subdivision (b).(2) Resource information on an entity's application process for the statewide standing order issued by the State Public Health Officer pursuant to Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code, and resource information on an entity's participation in the Naloxone Distribution Project administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.(3) Resource information on the provision of emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist, as described in Section 49414.3.(d) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Local educational agency" means a county office of education, school district, state special school, or charter school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive.(2) "Opioid antagonist" means naloxone hydrochloride or another drug approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration that, when administered, negates or neutralizes in whole or in part the pharmacological effects of an opioid in the body, and has been approved for the treatment of an opioid overdose.Ca. Educ. Code § 49428.16
Added by Stats 2023 ch 856 (SB 10),s 6, eff. 1/1/2024.This act (Stats 2023 ch 856 (SB 10)) shall be known, and may be cited, as Melanie's Law.