Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.045 · Subchapter E. REPORTS OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSES
MANDATORY REPORTING OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE OVERDOSES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MAPPING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Controlled substance" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002.
(2) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003.
(3) "Opioid antagonist" has the meaning assigned by Section 483.101.
(4) "Overdose" means an acute condition caused by abuse or misuse of a controlled substance evidenced by symptoms such as extreme physical illness, decreased level of consciousness, respiratory depression, coma, or death.
(b) This section applies only to emergency medical services personnel operating within the geographical jurisdiction of a local health authority or law enforcement agency, as applicable, that has entered into a participation agreement for overdose mapping under Section 370.007, Local Government Code.
(c) A person to whom this section applies who responds to an overdose incident shall report information about the incident as soon as possible to the local health authority or law enforcement agency, as applicable, that has entered into the participation agreement under Section 370.007, Local Government Code. A person satisfies the requirements of this section by reporting information to either the appropriate local health authority or law enforcement agency.
(d) A report under this section must include, if possible:
(1) the date and time of the overdose incident;
(2) the approximate location of the overdose incident, using:
(A) an address;
(B) the latitude and longitude of the location; or
(C) the location data from a cellular device;
(3) whether an opioid antagonist was administered, and if so, the number of doses and the type of delivery; and
(4) whether the overdose was fatal or nonfatal.
(e) A person who reports information about an overdose incident under this section in good faith is not subject to civil or criminal liability for making the report.
(f) A law enforcement agency may use information received from a report under this section only for mapping overdose locations for public safety purposes.
(g) Information in a report described by this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (S.B. 1319), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
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