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Staff asks whether pharmacies should pay for opioid warning labels that the state now supplies
Summary
A staff briefing flagged an ongoing $14,700 annual general-fund appropriation used to produce opioid warning labels and pamphlets for pharmacies; staff suggested the legislature could consider shifting that cost to pharmacies or manufacturers and noted such a change would require a bill file.
Legislative staff told the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee that the state currently spends $14,700 annually to produce warning labels and pamphlets required by a 2018 law directing opioid abuse prevention and treatment information to be distributed by pharmacies.
Staff said the 2018 statute originally funded the production and…
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