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Sunnyvale council approves interlocal agreement to share EMS overdose data with Dallas County
Summary
The Sunnyvale Town Council unanimously approved a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement that will allow the town's emergency medical services to send de-identified overdose data to Dallas County Health and Human Services to support public-health surveillance required by state law.
The Sunnyvale Town Council on Monday approved a resolution authorizing an interlocal agreement (ILA) with Dallas County to share emergency medical services data for public-health surveillance.
Chief Kaia, fire chief for the Sunnyvale Fire Department, told the council the agreement implements requirements of Senate Bill 1319 and will allow the county to receive de-identified EMS data on overdoses. "It requires EMS agencies to report all overdoses, not just opioid, but any overdose to…
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