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Statewide ODMAP connection proposed to share near-real-time overdose data; public health groups urge passage
Summary
House Bill 2,168 would require the Department of Health to transfer specified overdose data into the Overdose Detection Mapping Application (ODMAP) in near real time; public-health and community organizations said ODMAP helped identify overdose spikes and save lives, while witnesses proposed adding poison-center data and clarifying overdose definitions for completeness and privacy safeguards.
House Bill 2,168 would require the Washington State Department of Health to create an application programming interface or similar process to transfer four required data points (date/time, location — limited to four-decimal latitude/longitude, fatal/nonfatal status, and whether opioid-overdose reversal medication was administered) from the state EMS information system to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application (ODMAP), beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Staff said the bill prohibits…
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