Bill > SB047

This bill aims to prevent substance use disorders in Colorado. The key provisions: - Expands the prescription drug monitoring program to include medical directors and their designees as authorized users, allowing them to access prescription drug information for current patients under their supervision. - Establishes local overdose fatality review teams to promote coordination among agencies investigating drug overdose deaths, develop an understanding of the causes, and recommend prevention strategies. The teams can access confidential information from various state and local agencies. - Requires the state Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to publish guidance on reimbursement for substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment services. - Directs the state to implement statewide substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral programs in schools and pediatric settings. - Expands the state's perinatal substance use data linkage project to include more data sources and research related to substance use among pregnant and postpartum women and their infants. The bill also includes an appropriation to fund the implementation of these provisions.