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Spanning dozens of sections of Utah law, this bill updates outdated terminology related to opioids, replacing the term "opiate" with "opioid-like substance," "opiate antagonist" with "opioid antagonist," and "opiate-related drug overdose event" with "opioid-related drug overdose event" throughout state statutes governing county jails, hospitals, schools, pharmacies, health care licensing, and controlled substances law. These changes affect laws covering naloxone access, overdose prevention programs, prescribing and dispensing rules, syringe exchange programs, and school medication policies, but the underlying rights, immunities, and program requirements in these laws remain the same — only the labels used to describe these substances and related overdose events change. The bill also includes coordination clauses so that these terminology updates mesh properly with other related bills being considered this session, including measures on drug recodification, naloxone access, and substance use rehabilitation.