CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1627Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos(Principal coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh)January 11, 2022 An act to add Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioid overdose prevention, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1627, as introduced, Ramos. Opioid overdose prevention.Existing law creates the State Department of Public Health and vests it with duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities with regard to the advancement of public health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone to first responders and to at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. This bill would require the department to provide funding to local behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who attend a training program on the administration of naloxone, as specified. The bill would also require the department to award funding to law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The bill would appropriate an unspecified amount to the department for the purposes of implementing these provisions. Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.SEC. 2. The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Public Health as follows:(a) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of providing naloxone pursuant to Section 1179.105 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of funding local law enforcement agencies that establish overdose response teams pursuant to Section 1179.106 of the Health and Safety Code.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1627Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos(Principal coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh)January 11, 2022 An act to add Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioid overdose prevention, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1627, as introduced, Ramos. Opioid overdose prevention.Existing law creates the State Department of Public Health and vests it with duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities with regard to the advancement of public health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone to first responders and to at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. This bill would require the department to provide funding to local behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who attend a training program on the administration of naloxone, as specified. The bill would also require the department to award funding to law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The bill would appropriate an unspecified amount to the department for the purposes of implementing these provisions. Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1627
Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos(Principal coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh)January 11, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Ramos(Principal coauthor: Senator Ochoa Bogh)
January 11, 2022
An act to add Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to opioid overdose prevention, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1627, as introduced, Ramos. Opioid overdose prevention.
Existing law creates the State Department of Public Health and vests it with duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities with regard to the advancement of public health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone to first responders and to at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. This bill would require the department to provide funding to local behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who attend a training program on the administration of naloxone, as specified. The bill would also require the department to award funding to law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The bill would appropriate an unspecified amount to the department for the purposes of implementing these provisions.
Existing law creates the State Department of Public Health and vests it with duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities with regard to the advancement of public health. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone to first responders and to at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users.
This bill would require the department to provide funding to local behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who attend a training program on the administration of naloxone, as specified. The bill would also require the department to award funding to law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis. The bill would appropriate an unspecified amount to the department for the purposes of implementing these provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.SEC. 2. The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Public Health as follows:(a) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of providing naloxone pursuant to Section 1179.105 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of funding local law enforcement agencies that establish overdose response teams pursuant to Section 1179.106 of the Health and Safety Code.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.
SECTION 1. Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 1179.105) is added to Division 1 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.
PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.
PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention
PART 6.5. Opioid Overdose Prevention
1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.
1179.105. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to county behavioral health departments to provide naloxone, free of charge, to individuals who participate and complete training programs conducted jointly by the local behavioral health department and local county sheriff for the administration of naloxone.
(b) Any training program under subdivision (a) shall be conducted by an individual who has completed an opioid overdose prevention and treatment training program as defined under Section 1714.22 of the Civil Code.
1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.
1179.106. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the State Department of Public Health shall award funding to local law enforcement agencies that establish and implement overdose response teams to combat the ongoing opioid crisis in local communities.
SEC. 2. The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Public Health as follows:(a) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of providing naloxone pursuant to Section 1179.105 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of funding local law enforcement agencies that establish overdose response teams pursuant to Section 1179.106 of the Health and Safety Code.
SEC. 2. The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Public Health as follows:(a) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of providing naloxone pursuant to Section 1179.105 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of funding local law enforcement agencies that establish overdose response teams pursuant to Section 1179.106 of the Health and Safety Code.
SEC. 2. The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of Public Health as follows:
### SEC. 2.
(a) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of providing naloxone pursuant to Section 1179.105 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) The sum of ____ dollars ($____ ) for the purposes of funding local law enforcement agencies that establish overdose response teams pursuant to Section 1179.106 of the Health and Safety Code.