{"id":140749,"date":"2025-03-03T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140749"},"modified":"2025-03-03T22:00:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T03:00:07","slug":"freeman-bill-seeks-better-response-to-overdoses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140749","title":{"rendered":"FREEMAN BILL SEEKS BETTER RESPONSE TO OVERDOSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>HARRISBURG, March 3 \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>High schools would be better prepared to respond to overdoses under legislation introduced by state Rep. Robert Freeman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe opioid crisis knows no age and ensuring that our high schools are properly equipped with the tools necessary to prepare and respond to overdoses will not only encourage a larger conversation on addiction but, most importantly, save lives,\u201d said Freeman, D-Northampton.<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, the state Department of Education would consult with the state Department of Health to develop policies and procedures requiring high schools to provide and maintain the opioid antagonist, naloxone (also known as Narcan) onsite in each public-school facility.<\/p>\n<p>School nurses, teachers, or other staff trained and considered qualified by the department could administer naloxone to a student or staff member experiencing the symptoms of an opioid overdose. People who administer the medication would be immune from criminal prosecution, would not be subject to professional review, and would not be held liable for civil damages from any acts or omissions resulting from administration of the naloxone.<\/p>\n<p>Freeman said H.B. 803 is expected to be referred to the House Education Committee for consideration.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Robert Freeman<br \/>\nD-Northampton<b><br \/>\n<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.repfreeman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.RepFreeman.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1741124597314000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LVjHq2VYRnRwr_Oe2S6it\">www.RepFreeman.com<\/a><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nTom Andrews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARRISBURG, March 3 \u2013\u00a0High schools would be better prepared to respond to overdoses under legislation introduced by state Rep. Robert Freeman. \u201cThe opioid crisis knows no age and ensuring that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=140749\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FREEMAN BILL SEEKS BETTER RESPONSE TO OVERDOSES<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Freeman.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/111789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}