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Senate advances $9 million in opioid-abatement spending; oversight, outcomes added
Summary
The Senate heard detailed committee reports on H.218, a bill that consolidates appropriations from the opioid abatement special fund for prevention, treatment and recovery programs across Vermont, and ordered the bill for third reading after committee discussion about outcomes tracking and a scrivener's error to be fixed by amendment.
The Vermont Senate on April 24 advanced H.218, a bill consolidating appropriations from the opioid abatement special fund for prevention, treatment and recovery programs, and ordered it to a third reading after committee reports and floor questions about outcomes measurement and a numeric error.
Senator Lydia Lyons, the senator recognized for the report of the Committee on Health and Welfare, told colleagues that the bill is “mostly about the appropriation of money from the opioid abatement fund,” which stems from a settlement with the pharmaceutical industry. Lyons summarized that the bill contains continuing and one-time appropriations for a range of programs, including a preferred provider network for substance use disorder providers, contingency-management programs in the…
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