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Appropriations panel restores $1.1M for Burlington overdose-prevention center from opioid settlement fund; amendment approved
Summary
The committee approved an amendment restoring a $1.1 million appropriation from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund to the City of Burlington for an overdose prevention center and voted H.218 as amended out of committee.
The House Appropriations Committee on March 21 approved an amendment that restores a $1.1 million appropriation from the Opioid Abatement Special Fund to the City of Burlington for establishment of an overdose prevention center, and then reported H.218 as amended out of committee.
Katie McLennan of the Office of Legislative Counsel said the amendment (2.1) returns language in H.218 to the governor’s recommendation by fully appropriating $1,100,000 for the Burlington project “upon submission of a grant proposal that has been approved by the Burlington City Council and meets the requirements in statute, including the guidelines developed by the Department of Health.” She said the language also includes intent…
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