Committee forwards ordinance to create surplus medication repository and distribution program overseen by DPH
Sponsoring supervisors described a program modeled on Santa Clara County that would let eligible clinics receive screened donated surplus medications for free distribution to low-income patients; DPH said existing disposal efforts collected more than 7.4 tons (14,787 pounds) of medicines and operates 47 kiosks at 46 sites.
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The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee voted Sept. 26 to forward to the Board an ordinance that would amend the Health Code to establish a surplus medication repository and distribution program, to be overseen by the Department of Public Health (DPH).
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