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Sponsored By: Malcom Jason Omar (Independent)
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The law protects anyone who gives emergency care at the scene without pay, including using opioid overdose reversal drugs. You are only liable for gross negligence or for not acting in good faith. The "scene of an emergency" does not include emergency rooms or places that normally give medical care. "Not for compensation" includes off-duty doctors, nurses, EMTs, firefighters, law enforcement, and volunteers.
Firefighters, police, EMTs, Advanced EMTs, and paramedics who give care at an emergency scene face civil liability only for gross negligence or for not acting in good faith. This includes using opioid overdose reversal medication. Public agencies and their rescue staff are not liable for injuries from emergency services done within job scope, such as first aid, rescue steps, or transport.
Public School System employees who are not licensed RNs get liability protection when they give emergency care during an official school activity. This includes using opioid overdose reversal medication or helping transport an injured person for emergency treatment. They are liable only for gross negligence or for not acting in good faith.
The law defines opioid overdose reversal drugs as medicines that block opioid effects by binding opioid receptors, and it excludes drugs given intentionally by IV. It explains what an opioid-related overdose looks like, including slow breathing, unresponsiveness, and other signs a reasonable person would see as needing help. It aligns EMT, Advanced EMT, and paramedic with U.S. DOT standards, defines a nurse as an RN under the CNMI Nurse Practice Act, and defines physicians and surgeons as U.S.-licensed MDs or DOs. It sets what counts as gross negligence and what it means to act in good faith. These definitions guide who is covered and when immunity applies.
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Malcom Jason Omar
Independent • House
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
All Roll Calls
Yes: 0 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/13/2026
Senate Final Reading — Passed
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 8/29/2025
House Final Reading — Passed
Yes: 0 • No: 0
PL 24-25
Senate Final Reading — Passed
House Final Reading — Passed
House Report Action — Approved
Introduced
HB 24-35
7/14/2025
PL 24-25
7/14/2025
SCR 24-20 (JGO)
7/14/2025
SCR 24-56
7/14/2025
HB 24-63 — To amend Title 4 sections 1991 to 1995 relating to the 3% construction tax on gross revenues derived from certain non-residential construction projects and to enact a new section 1996 pertaining to Applicability; and for other purposes.
SB 24-04 — to advance Chamorro & Carolinian language education in the CNMI
HB 24-13 — To amend the fee structure for the Office of the Registrar of Corporations under the Department of Commerce and to remove daily penalty fees.
HB 24-11 — To provide greater authority to government transit buses owned and operated by the Commonwealth Office of Transit Authority (COTA); to establish traffic safety measures, enhance public engagement, ensure fiscal responsibility, and comply with existing CNMI laws and federal standards; and for other purposes.
HB 24-82 — To amend Section 704(k) of Public Law 24-20 to prevent disruption or delay of allotments, payments, or expenditures of the Legislative Branch by adding a transition period of up to 270 days for the implementation of the Legislature’s Finance Department; and for other purposes.
HB 24-80 — To Repeal and Re-Enact Public Law 24-14 to further Define and Identify General Revenues and approve revenues and resources of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as identified pursuant to Article III, Section 9 (a) of the CNMI Constitution, as amended, and 1 CMC Division 7, for Fiscal Year 2026 and make appropriations for the operations and activities of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, its agencies, instrumentalities, and independent programs, and to provide budget authority for government corporations for Fiscal Year 2026; and for other purposes.
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