NC H321

Department of Public Safety and City of Wilmington shall continue developing and implementing the Quick Response Team (QRT) pilot project to provide follow-up treatment and recovery services to opioid and heroin overdose victims in Wilmington.

Appropriates $250,000 in nonrecurring General Fund money to the Department of Public Safety for the 2020-2021 fiscal year to fund the QRT pilot project.

Department of Public Safety and City of Wilmington must report results of the QRT pilot project to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety upon reconvening in the 2021 Regular Session.

The Quick Response Team pilot project currently has funding for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 fiscal years but lacks funding for 2020-2021, which this bill addresses to enable three years of data collection.

Effective date is July 1, 2020.