WEST virginia legislature

2025 regular session

House Bill 3071

By Delegates Hillenbrand, Mazzocchi, Stephens, Drennan, and Ward

[Introduced; referred
to the Committee on]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding a new section, designated §21-3A-10, relating to requiring an opioid antagonist be included in workplace first-aid kits.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

Article 3A Occupational Safety and Health Act.

§21-3A-10. Ensuring access to naloxone or opioid antagonist in the workplace.

The Commissioner or his or her agent shall, before December 1, 2027, require and ensure that first aid materials in a workplace include naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to reverse opioid overdose and instructions for using the opioid antagonist.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require an opioid antagonist be included in workplace first-aid kits.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.