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LA HB490
LA HB490Creates the Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
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Introduced
03/31/2017
03/31/2017
In Committee
05/17/2017
05/17/2017
Crossed Over
05/09/2017
05/09/2017
Passed
06/08/2017
06/08/2017
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
06/12/2017
06/12/2017
Introduced Session
2017 Regular Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT 2 To enact R.S. 49:219.5, relative to the Drug Policy Board's Advisory Council on Heroin and 3 Opioid Prevention and Education; to establish the Advisory Council on Heroin and 4 Opioid Prevention and Education within the Drug Policy Board; to provide for the 5 membership, powers, and duties of the council; to require an Interagency Heroin and 6 Opioid Coordination Plan; to provide for the content of the plan; to require staffing 7 support for the council; to provide for meetings and official actions of the council; 8 and to provide for related matters. 9
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Advisory Council on Heroin and Opioid Prevention and Education within the Drug Policy Board. The council consists of various state officials, including the secretaries of the Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Children and Family Services, and Department of Public Safety and Corrections, as well as other stakeholders. The council is tasked with developing an Interagency Heroin and Opioid Coordination Plan, which will include data on opioid overdoses and the use of overdose-reversal medication, progress on current initiatives, and impacts on agencies addressing education, treatment, prevention, overdose, and recovery. The plan will be submitted annually to state leadership. The council will also coordinate a central online location to disseminate information and resources related to the opioid crisis.
Committee Categories
Health and Social Services
Sponsors (7)
Walt Leger (D)*,
John Bagneris (D),
Regina Barrow (D),
Yvonne Colomb (D),
Frank Hoffmann (R),
Fred Mills (R),
Francis Thompson (R),
Last Action
Effective date: 08/01/17. (on 06/12/2017)
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