1. (a) On or before January 1, 2018, each hospital shall have a protocol for discharging a patient who was treated by the hospital for a drug overdose or was identified as having a substance use disorder.

2. (b) The protocol:

   1. (1) May include:

      1. (i) Coordination with peer recovery counselors who can conduct a screening, a brief intervention, and referral to treatment and connection of the patient with community services; and
      2. (ii) Prescribing opioid overdose reversal drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the patient; and
   2. (2) On or before June 30, 2023, shall require offering opioid overdose reversal drugs approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration, free of charge, to a patient who received treatment for a substance use disorder, opioid use disorder, or nonfatal drug overdose event.

Added by Acts 2017, c. 571, § 3, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 572, § 3, eff. June 1, 2017. Amended by Acts 2019, c. 6, § 1, eff. June 1, 2019; Acts 2019, c. 510, § 4; Acts 2019, c. 511, § 4; Acts 2022, c. 239, § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.