CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 33Introduced by Assembly Member BainsDecember 05, 2022 An act relating to opioids.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 33, as introduced, Bains. Fentanyl task force.Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies certain opioids, including fentanyl, as Schedule II drugs. Existing law sets forth various programs relating to opioid overdose prevention and treatment, including, among others, a naloxone grant program administered by the State Department of Public Health, standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist, and cleanup of property contaminated by fentanyl laboratory activity. The Naloxone Distribution Project is administratively created by the State Department of Health Care Services to reduce opioid overdose-related deaths. Chapter 783 of the Statutes of 2022, whose provisions become effective January 1, 2023, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state. The bill would further state the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force not exceed an unspecified dollar amount.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state.(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force, not exceed ____ dollars ($____).
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 33Introduced by Assembly Member BainsDecember 05, 2022 An act relating to opioids.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 33, as introduced, Bains. Fentanyl task force.Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies certain opioids, including fentanyl, as Schedule II drugs. Existing law sets forth various programs relating to opioid overdose prevention and treatment, including, among others, a naloxone grant program administered by the State Department of Public Health, standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist, and cleanup of property contaminated by fentanyl laboratory activity. The Naloxone Distribution Project is administratively created by the State Department of Health Care Services to reduce opioid overdose-related deaths. Chapter 783 of the Statutes of 2022, whose provisions become effective January 1, 2023, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state. The bill would further state the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force not exceed an unspecified dollar amount.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 33
Introduced by Assembly Member BainsDecember 05, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Bains
December 05, 2022
An act relating to opioids.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 33, as introduced, Bains. Fentanyl task force.
Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies certain opioids, including fentanyl, as Schedule II drugs. Existing law sets forth various programs relating to opioid overdose prevention and treatment, including, among others, a naloxone grant program administered by the State Department of Public Health, standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist, and cleanup of property contaminated by fentanyl laboratory activity. The Naloxone Distribution Project is administratively created by the State Department of Health Care Services to reduce opioid overdose-related deaths. Chapter 783 of the Statutes of 2022, whose provisions become effective January 1, 2023, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state, as specified.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state. The bill would further state the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force not exceed an unspecified dollar amount.
Existing law, the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act, classifies certain opioids, including fentanyl, as Schedule II drugs. Existing law sets forth various programs relating to opioid overdose prevention and treatment, including, among others, a naloxone grant program administered by the State Department of Public Health, standing orders for the distribution of an opioid antagonist, and cleanup of property contaminated by fentanyl laboratory activity. The Naloxone Distribution Project is administratively created by the State Department of Health Care Services to reduce opioid overdose-related deaths. Chapter 783 of the Statutes of 2022, whose provisions become effective January 1, 2023, requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to establish a grant program to reduce fentanyl overdoses and use throughout the state, as specified.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state. The bill would further state the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force not exceed an unspecified dollar amount.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state.(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force, not exceed ____ dollars ($____).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state.(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force, not exceed ____ dollars ($____).
SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state.(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force, not exceed ____ dollars ($____).
SECTION 1. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to a fentanyl task force, in order to identify and address the fentanyl crisis as part of the opioid epidemic in this state.
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(b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that any future appropriation made in the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of implementing the fentanyl task force, not exceed ____ dollars ($____).