Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers

The law adds school resource officers to schools’ overdose-response capacity and creates statewide data on medication availability and use at schoolsites.

What the law does ​

• Requires school resource officers, upon schoolsite assignment and at least every two years, to complete approved opioid-overdose recognition and response training beginning in the 2027–28 school year.
• Allows trained school resource officers to volunteer to administer opioid antagonists, such as naloxone, to people who appear to be experiencing an overdose.
• Protects officers and their employing or contracting entities from civil or criminal liability for good-faith, unpaid emergency administration, except for gross negligence or willful or wanton misconduct.
• Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to issue guidance on obtaining low- or no-cost opioid antagonists and incorporating overdose response into school safety plans.
• Requires officers to annually report medication supply, use, shortages, types, and schoolsite details to the State Department of Public Health from 2028 through 2030.
• Requires the State Department of Public Health to publish specified supply, use, and shortage data and report collected information to the Legislature by July 1, 2031.

Who it affects ​

• School resource officers assigned to K–12 school campuses or school-sponsored activities.
• School districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and law enforcement agencies that use school resource officers.
• People at schoolsites who appear to be experiencing an opioid overdose.