AB 139

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to include reports of

administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist by ambulance service

providers to its data system that tracks ambulance run data, currently known as the

Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System or WARDS. Current law requires

ambulance services providers to require emergency medical responders and

emergency medical services practitioners under their supervision to keep a record

of each instance of administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist to an

individual who is believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose and to

report this information to DHS in the manner prescribed by DHS.

The bill also requires DHS to submit the records received from the ambulance

service providers on administration of naloxone or another opioid antagonist to the

prescription drug monitoring program. The bill also requires DHS to consult with

the Controlled Substances Board, which administers the PDMP, if necessary to

determine a method to facilitate inclusion of the reports from DHS into the PDMP.

Currently, the PDMP monitors the dispensing of controlled substances and any other

drugs identified by the Controlled Substances Board as having a substantial

potential for abuse.