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Debate over naloxone funding: subcommittee hears advocates warn cuts to harm‑reduction programs
Summary
At a Department of Health Care Services and Department of Finance briefing, officials described a reprioritization of opioid settlement fund dollars and a governor’s‑budget proposal to expand a state Naloxone distribution project while advocates urged restoration of harm‑reduction program funding.
The Assembly Subcommittee 1 on Health spent a substantial portion of its family health update hearing on the state's opioid settlement fund and a proposed Naloxone distribution project.
Department of Finance staff told the committee that updated opioid settlement fund revenue estimates led the administration to reprioritize some OSF expenditures and propose $8.3 million in opioid settlement funding in 2025‑26 for a statewide Naloxone distribution project administered by DHCS. Department of Finance staff and DHCS said the governor's budget maintains other OSF spending in the current year and includes targeted funding for Naloxone distribution in the budget year; they also noted that the state receives separate OSF payments that go directly to cities and counties.
Several witnesses and program operators told the committee those characterizations…
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