Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ARTHUR BARCLAY
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON
District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)
Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO
District 2 (Atlantic)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Coughlin
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes State and local law enforcement entities to contract for bulk purchasing of heroin antidote.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on September 22, 2016, with amendments.
An Act concerning the bulk purchase of heroin antidotes and supplementing P.L.2013, c.46 (C.24:6J-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1[On behalf of all State, county, and local law enforcement entities, emergency medical response entities, and first aid or rescue squads, and other public entities in the State, the] The1 Attorney General 1[and the Superintendent of State Police]1 shall be authorized to negotiate 1, on behalf of State, county, and local law enforcement entities, emergency medical response entities, first aid or rescue squads, and other public entities in the State,1 directly with drug manufacturers to 1[secure better] purchase or obtain more favorable1 prices or rebates 1[on drugs used as an antidote to heroin, and to purchase the heroin antidotes in bulk] for opioid antidotes as defined in section 3 of P.L.2014, c.46 (C.24:6J-3)1.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.