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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 323
BY SENATOR DORSEY-COLOMB
FUNDS/FUNDING. To establish the Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse Awareness
Fund. (7/1/12)
AN ACT1
To enact Subpart R of Part II-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the Louisiana2
Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 39:100.126, relative to special3
funds; to establish the Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse Awareness Fund; to4
provide for the deposit of certain monies into the fund; to provide for the uses of5
monies in the fund; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. Subpart R of Part II-A of Chapter 1 of Subtitle I of Title 39 of the9
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S. 39:100.126, is hereby enacted10
to read as follows:11
SUBPART R. PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERDOSE AND ABUSE12
AWARENESS FUND13
ยง100.126. Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse Awareness Fund14
A. There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the15
Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse Awareness Fund, hereafter referred to16
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B. The source of monies deposited into the fund shall be any monies1
appropriated annually by the legislature including donations, gifts, grants, or2
any other monies which may be provided by law. Monies credited to the fund3
shall be used exclusively as provided in Subsection C of this Section.4
C. Subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in the5
fund shall be used solely to:6
(1) Design and implement social marketing campaigns to create7
awareness about prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose.8
(2) Develop and support programs of awareness and outreach designed9
to change public perception and influence behavior about prescription opioid10
misuse, abuse, and overdose.11
(3) Develop and implement educational programs to increase awareness,12
knowledge, and resources related to the risks of prescription opioid misuse,13
abuse, and overdose.14
(4) Design and implement social marketing campaigns to facilitate the15
proper disposal of leftover or unused prescription medications.16
D. All unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund at the end of17
the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. The monies in the fund shall be invested18
by the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund,19
and interest earned on the investment of these monies shall be credited to the20
state general fund.21
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2012; if vetoed by the governor22
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,23
2012, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.24
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jay R. Lueckel.
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Proposed law creates the Prescription Drug Overdose and Abuse Awareness Fund as a
special fund in the state treasury.
Proposed law provides for depositing into the fund any monies appropriated annually by the SB NO. 323
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legislature including donations, gifts, grants, or any other monies which may be provided
by law.
Proposed law provides that, subject to an annual appropriation by the legislature, monies in
the fund shall be used solely to:
(1)Design and implement social marketing campaigns to create awareness about
prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose.
(2)Develop and support programs of awareness and outreach designed to change public
perception and influence behavior about prescription opioid misuse, abuse, and
overdose.
(3)Develop and implement educational programs to increase awareness, knowledge,
and resources related to the risks of prescription opiod misuse, abuse, and overdose.
(4)Design and implement social marketing campaigns to facilitate the proper disposal
of leftover or unused prescription medications.
Proposed law further provides that all unexpended and unencumbered monies in the fund
at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund. Monies in the fund shall be invested by
the state treasurer in the same manner as monies in the state general fund, and interest
earnings shall be credited to the state general fund.
Effective July 1, 2012.
(Adds R.S. 39:100.126)