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« on: March 24, 2018, 08:57:28 PM » |
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This is for the Southern Chamber:
Opiate Overdose Prevention Act
Be it enacted:
1.) A program is hereby created for the purpose of funding grants to the following groups to purchase anti-overdose medicine:
a) Public Hospitals and free healthcare clinics
b) Public and Private ambulances
c) Public and Private fire departments
d) Police Departments
e) Homeless Shelters
2.) As a condition of accepting funds, all recipients must document the number of times anti-overdose medicine needed to be administered.
3.) $2 million is hereby appropriated to fund the program.
4.) Additional funding shall come from a tax imposed on wholesale opioid distributors and mail-order pharmacies at a rate of 5 cents ($0.05) per dose manufactured or imported into the Southern Region.
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