The proposed bill states that it would “extend the state’s Good Samaritan laws by exempting from arrest or prosecution for a nonviolent offense or a violation of probation or conditions of release a person at the location of a drug-related overdose for which medical assistance was sought or naloxone was administered.”
A bill before the Maine Legislature would expand the state s Good Samaritan law, which protects people seeking help for an overdose from arrest or prosecution. Currently, the law protects the person who is experiencing the overdose and the person seeking medical assistance for them. Courtney Allen, policy director for the Maine Recovery Advocacy Project, said it does not protect everybody at the scene, and does not protect people for things such as bail or probation violations. .
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