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Supporters urge creation of naloxone purchase trust fund to put rescue kits in hospitals and community sites
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony that a bulk-purchase trust fund would let hospitals and other institutions supply naloxone to at‑risk patients on discharge and to community organizations without billing complications.
At a Joint Committee on Public Health hearing, clinicians and lawmakers urged the creation of a naloxone purchase trust fund (filed as S.1551 and H.2535) to bulk‑buy naloxone and supply hospitals, clinics and community organizations so patients leave care with a rescue kit in hand.
Representative Greg Schwartz (sponsor, H.2535) described emergency-department clinicians’ concerns that prescribing naloxone alone does not ensure patients leave with a dose: patients may not fill prescriptions or lack access to…
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