Opioid overdose prevention.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016, to award funding to local health departments, local government agencies, or on a competitive basis to other organizations, as specified, to support or establish programs that provide naloxone to first responders and to at-risk opioid users through programs that serve at-risk drug users. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to, upon appropriation by the Legislature and until January 1, 2027, establish a pilot program to provide grants to the Counties of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange, for public awareness campaigns to spread awareness of existing programs by the department to distribute opioid antagonists approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. The bill would require counties participating in the program to perform targeted public awareness campaigns, and would require the pilot program to collect specified information and send yearly reports to the Legislature, as specified.