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Committee lays over $500,000 request to expand school opioid prevention program
Summary
Representative Behrman presented House File 981 to appropriate $500,000 annually to Change the Outcome, a nonprofit that delivers youth opioid-prevention education in Minnesota schools; the committee laid the bill over for potential omnibus inclusion while members questioned funding sources and coordination with existing opioid-response dollars.
Representative Nolling Behrman introduced House File 981, proposing an annual $500,000 appropriation to Change the Outcome to expand opioid-prevention and overdose-response education in middle and high schools. "Education is a dreadfully under utilized tool in our fight against fentanyl in Minnesota," said Colleen Ronny, founder and executive director of Change the Outcome, who testified the nonprofit has reached more than 110,000 students and now serves roughly 140 schools during the current school…
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