HB 5015 Summary

• Moves the Statewide Office for Suicide Prevention from the Office of Drug Control to the Department of Children and Family Services.

• Repeals the Office of Drug Control entirely and redistributes its functions to other state agencies.

• Relocates the Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council from the Executive Office of the Governor to the Department of Health, with the Surgeon General serving as chair instead of the drug control director.

• Transfers the Seaport Security Standards Advisory Council from the Office of Drug Control to the Executive Office of the Governor, with the Governor designating the council chair.

• Removes all references to the Office of Drug Control from seaport security provisions and updates council membership requirements across affected agencies.