Capitol Report
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Sept. 9. The General Assembly was in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was scheduled to return to session Tuesday, and the Pennsylvania Senate is set to go back to work in the state Capitol on Sept. 23.
September 13, 2019 at 01:00 PM
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Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of Sept. 9. The General Assembly was in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was scheduled to return to session Tuesday, and the Pennsylvania Senate is set to go back to work in the state Capitol on Sept. 23.
Opioid Addiction
Gov. Tom Wolf on Sept. 10 announced his renewal of Pennsylvania's Opioid Disaster Declaration for the seventh time.
The Wolf administration said that Pennsylvania will continue its use of a 90-day disaster declaration to fight the opioid crisis. Wolf first signed the declaration in January 2018 as a mechanism for state agencies, third-party organizations and stakeholders to work collaboratively, loosen regulations that slow down access to treatment, and increase efforts on prevention, treatment and recovery for thousands of Pennsylvanians suffering from the opioid crisis.
"The disaster declaration and its provisions remain a strong force in battling the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania," Wolf said. "Through the Opioid Command Center and its dedicated 17 state agencies collaborating on education, prevention, rescue and recovery, we have been able to make progress that resulted in a deduction in overdose deaths in 2018. But we are far from proclaiming victory and the continuation of the disaster declaration means a continuation of a commitment to doing all we can to fight this scourge on our commonwealth."
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