Findings and Recommendations of the Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Findings and Recommendations of the Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

Author: Florida Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse

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Published: 2020

Total Pages: 66

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On April 1, 2019, Governor DeSantis created the Statewide Task Force on Opioid Abuse to Combat Florida’s Substance Abuse Crisis. The charge of the Task Force is to “develop a statewide strategy to identify best practices to combat the opioid epidemic through education, treatment, prevention, recovery and law enforcement. This strategy should include recommendations for how the state can best use resources and funding to combat the opioid epidemic.” Finally, the Task Force is to present recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. The Task Force is comprised of 15 gubernatorial appointments; two appointments from the Legislature; and three appointments from the Attorney General. The Task Force is broken into three subcommittees tasked to unpack, discuss and debate general group presentations to then develop recommendations as required by Executive Order 19-97. The subcommittees are organized: 1) prevention/education; 2) law enforcement and 3) treatment/recovery.