California could require anti-overdose meds in first aid kits
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Lawmakers in California will be considering a bill that would require employers to stock anti-opioid overdose medication in their required first aid kits.
A.B. 1976, made public Thursday and sent to an appropriations committee, would require the standards board with the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health, to draft a rulemaking proposal “to revise a regulation on first aid materials to require all first aid kits in a workplace to include nasal spray naloxone hydrochloride,” according to a legislative digest.
The bill would require the Cal/OSHA standards board to adopt the revised standard for first aid kits before Dec. 31, 2026.
The proposal is in line with nationwide efforts to reduce opioid overdoses at work.
