DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 389 Original 2020 Regular Session Echols
Abstract: Establishes the La. Opioid Settlement Fund for monies received from opioid settlements
and provides for uses of the fund.
Proposed law establishes the La. Opioid Settlement Fund and requires that all monies received by
the state from any opioid settlement be deposited into the fund.
Proposed law provides that the University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM), in conjunction with the
ULM College of Pharmacy, shall be the administrator of the fund and shall disburse the funds as
follows:
(1)20% shall be used for prevention efforts including:
(a)Education, addiction, and overdose prevention programs in colleges, universities, and
elementary and secondary schools.
(b)Continuing medical education for medical providers.
(c)Training for medical students and residents.
(2)50% shall be used to address the current opioid crisis including:
(a)Rehabilitation and treatment services, including those provided by the Dept. of
Public Safety & Corrections, corrections services.
(b)Drug courts.
(c)Counseling services and training.
(d)Opioid antagonist training.
(e)Medication assisted treatment education.
(f)Law enforcement operations, including those conducted by sheriffs, state police, and
municipal police.
(3)30% shall be used for addiction and treatment research and development of opioid alternatives including:
(a)Non-addictive pharmaceutical research.
(b)Alternative pain management strategies.
Proposed law provides that ULM, in conjunction with the ULM College of Pharmacy, shall
administer any prescription medicine by the state from any opioid settlement and shall establish a
procedure for distribution.
Proposed law requires ULM to submit an annual report to Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget
that includes information on grant applications received, funding distributed, and recipients of the
funding.
(Adds R.S. 39:100.41-100.43)