HSB 634

Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication to be administered by first responders to persons experiencing an opioid-related overdose. Moneys in the fund may be designated for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of opioid antagonist medication. _____ agencies and fire departments may make application to the fund for the procurement of opioid antagonist medications. The bill provides that moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure, and interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. The bill provides that the department shall submit a report to the co-chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on the justice system and to the legislative services agency on or before December of each year which shall contain a list of all expenditures from the fund made in the previous fiscal year, the amount of moneys in the fund carried over from the previous fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys including any expenditures in the current fiscal year, the amount of moneys in the fund the department intends to carry over from the current fiscal year to the next fiscal year and how the department plans to use those moneys, and a list of all the sources of moneys deposited into the fund in the previous fiscal year. The bill provides definitions.