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Committee advances bill to distribute opioid-overdose awareness posters in public facilities
Summary
House Bill 269 would authorize state agencies to distribute posters showing how to recognize and respond to opioid overdoses and how to obtain naloxone; the Human Services Committee reported the bill out after a roll-call vote with at least two recorded no votes.
Representative Venkat sponsored House Bill 269, which would amend Act 64 of 1972 (the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act) to provide for opioid overdose awareness materials and authorize state distribution of informational posters.
"The idea for this legislation came from my constituents, Sherry Jo Matt and Tom Bhatt in Franklin Park, who lost their daughter Sienna to an accidental drug overdose," Representative Venkat said. She said the posters—adapted from a Florida model and promoted by the Stop the Judgment project—would help…
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