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Senate concurs with House on resolution highlighting opioid-related postoperative respiratory deaths
Summary
Senators concurred with a House-substituted concurrent resolution (SCR 4) highlighting deaths from opioid-induced postoperative respiratory depression; sponsor noted family testimony and medical-association language changes, and visitors from Vernal were present to observe.
The Senate concurred with a House-substituted concurrent resolution, SCR 4, addressing deaths from opioid-induced postoperative respiratory depression.
Senator Van Tassel, sponsor on the floor, described the resolution’s passage through House committees and referenced language revisions recommended by the medical association. He introduced family members of a decedent (including Yvonne Gardner) and medical-community representatives in the gallery and stressed the need for public awareness and further research to prevent future deaths.
The clerk placed the concurrence on the calendar; following floor procedure the Senate recorded concurrence on the board and the President announced that the first substitute SCR 4 had received the Senate’s concurrence. Sponsors and members thanked visiting family and students from local schools who attended the session.
The resolution is a formal acknowledgment and a call for continued attention rather than a statutory or budgetary change; sponsors said they expect ongoing work with medical professionals to refine public messaging and prevention research.
