House Joint Resolution 100, sponsored by Faison, emphasizes the importance of overdose reversal initiatives in Tennessee, recognizing the need for increased resources to effectively address addiction treatment. The resolution highlights the state's recent modest decreases in overdose death rates, suggesting that greater access to overdose reversal medications, such as Narcan, could further reduce fatalities. It also references the establishment of the opioid abatement fund, which is designed to support opioid treatment and remediation programs funded by a statewide settlement with pharmaceutical companies.

The resolution urges the Tennessee opioid abatement council and participating counties to allocate at least 25% of their expenditures from the opioid abatement fund towards initiatives that promote the distribution and awareness of overdose reversal medications. This allocation is recommended until the state achieves a minimum 25% reduction in the overdose death rate. A certified copy of the resolution will be sent to the Tennessee opioid abatement council for distribution to each participating county.