Committee holds public hearing on bill to create opioid, meth data system
Committee holds public hearing on bill to create opioid, meth data system May 5, 2021 6:53 PM Site staff Updated: There’s an effort at the state Capitol to create an opioid and methamphetamine data system. Wednesday a committee held a public hearing on the bill, which passed the Assembly on a voice vote last session but was stalled due to the pandemic. It looks to establish and maintain statewide data on hospital discharges and stays related to opioid and meth use or overdoses, ambulance runs for those cases, the number and type of drug overdoses and available trea...