Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-406

EHS 406

Naloxone in Schools Grant Program

Mr. Lesser, Ms. Gobi and Ms. Donoghue moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4512-0204, by striking it in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:

“4512-0204   For the purchase, administration and training of first-responder and bystander naloxone distribution programs; provided, that funds shall be expended to maintain funding for first responder naloxone grants and bystander distribution in communities with high incidence of overdose; provided further, that funds shall be expended to establish a grant program for school districts to provide school nurses with naloxone in communities with high incidence of overdose; provided further, that the commissioner of public health may transfer funds between this item and item 4512-0200, as necessary, under an allocation plan which shall detail the distribution of the funds to be transferred and which the commissioner shall file with the house and senate committees on ways and means 30 days before any such transfer; and provided further, that not later than October 3, 2016, the department of public health shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on: (i) the communities included in the program expansion; (ii) the number of participants for each community; and (iii) the amount of naloxone purchased and distributed, delineated by community………………………$1,000,000”