S.C.R. No. 64 Summary

• Urges the State and counties to prioritize and direct all available resources to coordinated interagency collaboration and public-private partnerships to address Hawaii's fentanyl epidemic.

• Establishes that fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, with a lethal dose of 2 milligrams, and that greater than 30 percent of Hawaii's record overdose deaths are opioid-related, primarily from fentanyl.

• Notes that three out of every ten overdose emergency calls in Honolulu involve fentanyl, with one person dying of overdose every 28 hours statewide.

• Highlights the Hawaii Island Fentanyl Task Force as a successful model, which has distributed over 12,000 Narcan kits, conducted over 400 educational sessions, and held statewide summits to address the epidemic.

• Directs certified copies be transmitted to Hawaii's Congressional delegation, state and county officials, hospital administrators, insurance commissioners, and medical boards to expand interagency collaboration efforts statewide.