SF751 Summary

• Establishes the Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council with 18 voting members to develop and implement statewide efforts addressing opioid addiction and overdose through prevention, treatment, and recovery services.

• Creates an opiate epidemic response account funded by increased license fees for drug manufacturers and wholesalers (raised to $5,000) and a $250,000 annual registration fee on manufacturers distributing 2,000,000+ units of opiates annually.

• Requires prescribers to access the prescription monitoring program before issuing initial Schedule II-IV opiate prescriptions and at least quarterly for chronic pain patients, with limited exceptions.

• Limits acute pain opiate prescriptions to 7-day supplies for adults and 5-day supplies for minors; 4-day limit for dental and refractive surgery pain unless clinical judgment warrants more.

• Allocates opiate epidemic response account funds to evaluation activities ($300,000), council administration ($249,000), Board of Pharmacy fee collection ($126,000), law enforcement lab support ($384,000), Project ECHO grants ($800,000), and remaining funds to child protection services and council-awarded grants.