Bill Text: VA HB1468 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Secretary of Health and Human Resources; work group to study information about opioid overdoses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-28 - Stricken from docket by Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) [HB1468 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB1468-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1468 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 8, 2020 A BILL to require the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to convene a work group to study the role of public safety answering points and regional Poison Control Centers in providing information about opioid overdose and administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist. Report. ---------- Patron-- Gooditis ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Secretary of Health and Human Resources shall convene a work group to (i) study the role of public safety answering points and regional Poison Control Centers in providing information and assistance to the public regarding opioid overdose and administration of naloxone or other opioid antagonist in emergency and nonemergency situations and (ii) develop recommendations for legislative or budgetary actions necessary to enhance the role of public safety answering points and regional Poison Control Centers in providing such information and assistance. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly by November 1, 2020.