TN HJR0100

Urges the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council and participating counties to allocate a minimum of 25% of opioid abatement fund expenditures to overdose reversal medication distribution and promotion initiatives

Recommends maintaining this 25% allocation until Tennessee's overdose death rate decreases by at least 25%

References existing opioid settlement fund structure: 35% disbursed to counties based on local opioid crisis impact data, 65% distributed through competitive grants for statewide, regional, or local abatement purposes

Requires a certified copy of the resolution be transmitted to the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council for distribution to all participating counties

Non-binding resolution expressing legislative support for prioritizing life-saving overdose reversal efforts such as Narcan distribution