Committee hears technical corrections to HB 4002 including fentanyl statute changes, pharmacy authority and automatic-expungement fixes
Senators and representatives on the Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response heard public testimony Feb. 5 on Senate Bill 236, an omnibus technical-corrections bill tied to House Bill 4,002 (2024) that sponsors and agency witnesses said would separate fentanyl offenses into distinct statutes, adjust pharmacy authority and prescription processes for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), expand a jail-based MOUD grant to some correctional facilities, and correct automatic-expungement provisions that are not currently functioning as intended.
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Senators and representatives on the Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response heard public testimony Feb. 5 on Senate Bill 236, an omnibus technical-corrections bill tied to House Bill 4,002 (2024) that sponsors and agency witnesses said would separate fentanyl offenses into distinct statutes, adjust pharmacy authority and prescription processes for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), expand a jail-based MOUD grant to some correctional facilities, and correct automatic-expungement provisions that are not currently functioning as intended.
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