Offering the amendment below; Naloxone is a drug that can help to treat over-doses. In RL several states are rolling them out via wall mounted boxes at libraries and community centres.
SENATE BILL
To mitigate the costs of drug addiction treatment services for community centers
Be it Enacted in Both Houses of Congress Assembed,
Section 1. Purpose
a) It is the purpose of this Act to provide emergency assistance to States, territories, Tribal nations, and local areas that are disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic and to make financial assistance available to States, territories, Tribal nations, local areas, and other public or private nonprofit entities to provide for the operation of more effective and cost efficient systems for the delivery of essential services to individuals with substance use disorder, including with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and their families.
Section 2. Eligibility
a) A state or locality must be evidenced by an increase in the number of cases per capita, the rate or number of overdose deaths, or the severity or need for services to treat various substance use disorders
b) A state or locality will be eligible for a grant under the above conditions
Section 3. Planning
a) To be eligible for grants for this purpose, the chief elected official of the local area must designate a substance use disorder treatment council that shall be -
i. Representative of the population in question
ii. Composed of health care provider members, community-based health organizations, local public health agencies
Section 4. Funding
a) Funding shall be appropriated and earmarked, then directed to local council for distribution to community health centers
b) The funding amount shall be determined based on the number of deaths in the localities that are eligible and the severity of need
Section 5 (Naloxone)
1.) The drug Naloxone shall be available for free distribution to areas eligible under section 2. Additional training classes and materials shall be provided to areas receiving these supplies.
