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Deputy Attorney General warns SB 441 language could upend opioid abatement contracts; committee sends bill to interim study
Summary
Deputy Attorney General Jim Buffetty told the House Health Committee that language in SB 441 referring to organizations "operating under the opioid abatement trust fund" is inaccurate and could create legal confusion; the committee voted 17–1 to refer the bill to interim study.
Deputy Attorney General Jim Buffetty told the House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs that parts of SB 441 would create confusion about how opioid settlement funds are administered and could be read to allow municipalities to override state contracts.
"There are no organizations that operate under the opioid abatement trust fund," Buffetty said, adding he serves as chair of the Opioid…
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