118th Congress Labor and Employment
S. 2948: WORK to Save Lives Act
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Summary
This bill directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to take actions to make opioid overdose reversal medications available in workplaces.
Specifically, OSHA must issue regulations that require federal agencies to acquire and maintain opioid overdose reversal medications and annually train employees on the use of the medications. OSHA must also issue nonmandatory guidance to private employers on the same topics.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Martin Heinrich D-NM
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Jeff Merkley.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.