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Utah House advances a package of opioid-response measures and a public-health resolution
Summary
Lawmakers passed a cluster of bills expanding naloxone access, outreach providers and prescription monitoring and approved a resolution declaring drug overdose deaths a public‑health emergency; sponsors emphasized naloxone distribution, immunity provisions and reporting.
A group of bills addressing opioid overdose response — including second substitute HB 192 (Opiate Overdose Response Act pilot program), HB 238 (overdose outreach providers), HB 239 (access to opioid prescription information) and HB 240 (standing orders and dispensing by pharmacists) — cleared the Utah House on floor votes after sponsors described program details and reporting requirements.
Representative McHale, sponsor of the second substitute HB 192, opened with charted data showing a rise in prescription-opioid deaths and urged the House to fund and…
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