This bill amends provisions related to the investigation and prevention opioid fatalities.
This bill:
- clarifies the Department of Health and Human Services' (department) authority to investigate and control health hazards which may affect the public including the authority to investigate and control drug overdose and drug overdose fatalities;
- specifies that the disclosure and redisclosure of substance use disorder treatment records provided to the medical examiner as requested for a death investigation are subject to certain federal laws;
- provides that the department may use the department's authority to identify opportunities for prevention, intervention, and postvention of deaths under the medical examiner's jurisdiction; and
- defines terms.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 26B-7-202, 26B-8-211, 26B-8-222