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City Council directs CAO to pursue pilot to distribute fentanyl detection devices; Department of Disability outlines feasibility
Summary
Council instructed the CAO to allocate funding authority and ask the Department on Disability to release an RFP or contract with a vendor to distribute up to 200,000 fentanyl detection devices per year for three years, including an online portal, outreach, training, and data collection. Family members who lost relatives to fentanyl urged adoption.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to instruct the Chief Administrative Officer to allocate funding and authority to the Department on Disability to develop a pilot program to distribute fentanyl detection devices citywide.
The motion directed the CAO and the Department on Disability to release a request for proposals and establish contracts to develop a pilot that would include an online portal for ordering and delivery, a social-marketing campaign, a training video, logistics and delivery processes, and a data-collection plan to assess effectiveness. The motion specified a distribution target of 200,000 fentanyl testing devices per year for three years and allowed for a partnership with an existing vendor that already provides ordering and delivery infrastructure. The CAO, with assistance from the City…
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