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FL S0704
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/10/2023
Primary Sponsor
Fiscal Policy
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AI Summary
- Establishes the Statewide Council on Opioid Abatement as an advisory council within the Department of Children and Families to coordinate state and local efforts to combat the opioid epidemic and support victims and families
- Council membership consists of 10 members including the Attorney General (chair), DCF secretary (vice chair), and appointees from the Governor, Senate President, House Speaker, Florida League of Cities, and Florida Association of Counties, each serving 2-year terms
- Requires counties, municipalities, managing entities, and state agencies receiving opioid settlement funds to report planned and actual expenditures to the council annually by June 30 and August 31, respectively
- Council must publish an annual report by December 1 detailing how settlement moneys were spent and recommending funding priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the first report due December 1, 2023
- Expands pharmacists' authority to order and dispense emergency opioid antagonists using prefilled injection device delivery systems, in addition to existing autoinjection and intranasal options, and broadens the definition of "caregiver" by removing the requirement that contact with an at-risk person be "recurring"
Legislative Description
Opioid Abatement
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 783 (Ch. 2023-184)
5/2/2023
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy4/12/2023
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services3/21/2023
Full Bill Text
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