HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Provides for parish overdose fatality review panels. (8/1/24) (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX)

This bill authorizes parishes in Louisiana to create local panels dedicated to reviewing drug overdose deaths. These multidisciplinary teams would include representatives from law enforcement, health services, the criminal justice system, and substance use treatment providers to examine the circumstances surrounding each fatality. The panels are tasked with identifying gaps in current services and recommending specific changes to prevent future overdoses, while also collecting local data on these incidents. To function effectively, the bill grants the panels access to confidential records from various agencies and exempts them from certain public records laws.