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Amend CSSB 1319 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 161.045(a), Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 25-29), insert the following appropriately numbered subdivisions and renumber subsequent subdivisions of that subsection accordingly:
(__) "Emergency medical services personnel" has the meaning assigned by Section 773.003.
(__) "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.
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Section 161.045(b), Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 30-35) and substitute the following:
(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.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 161.045(c), Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 40), following the underlined period, insert the following:
A person satisfies the requirements of this section by reporting information to either the appropriate local health authority or law enforcement agency.
(4) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 370.007(a), Local Government Code (page 2, line 5), strike "may" and substitute "shall".
(5) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 370.007(a), Local Government Code (page 2, line 6), between "overdoses" and "for", insert "of one or more controlled substances".
(6) In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Section 370.007(b), Local Government Code (page 2, line 12), following the underlined period, insert the following:
The local health authority or law enforcement agency is not required to provide information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, regarding a controlled substance to the entity with which the authority or agency has a participation agreement if the entity does not maintain an overdose map that includes the controlled substance.
(7) In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added Section 370.007(b), Local Government Code (page 2, between lines 12 and 13), insert the following:
(c) A local health authority or law enforcement agency or an employee of a local health authority or law enforcement agency is not subject to civil or criminal liability for providing information received under Section 161.045, Health and Safety Code, to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section.
(d) Information provided to an entity pursuant to a participation agreement under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
(e) This section does not waive sovereign immunity to suit or liability.