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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
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DATE: August 22, 2017
SUBJECT: STATE LEGISLATION: ASSEMBLY BILL 182
DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
PRESENTER: Masis Hagobian
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt the Legislative Committee's recommendation to support Assembly Bill 182
(Waldron) and transmit position statements to Assembly Member Waldron, Santa Clarita's state
legislative delegation, appropriate legislative committees, Governor Brown, and the League of
California Cities.
BACKGROUND
Authored by Assembly Member Marie Waldron (R -75 -Temecula), Assembly Bill 182
establishes the Heroin and Opioid Public Education Program (HOPE), to combat the growing
heroin and opioid medication epidemic in the state. This bill requires the Department of Public
Health to develop and oversee the public awareness campaign and submit a report annually to
the Governor and the state legislature summarizing the actions that have been undertaken and
assess the effectiveness of the HOPE Program, including, but not limited to, effects on the rate of
new opioid and heroin addictions.
Specifically, this bill:
1. Requires that the HOPE Program educate the public on the negative impact of heroin use
and opioid abuse and identify services available to individuals for treatment.
2. Permits the Department of Public Health to enter into public-private partnerships with
pharmaceutical or health care insurance companies, nonprofit social services
organizations, mental health services providers and clinics, law enforcement, health care
agencies, and school districts that provide services in order to facilitate the dissemination
of information.
3. Requires the Department of Public Health to submit a report to the Governor and
Legislature, on an annual basis, that summarizes the actions that have been undertaken
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and assess the effectiveness of the HOPE Program, including, but not limited to, effects
on the rate of new opioid and heroin addictions by populations, mitigation of the effects
of opioid or heroin addiction, crime rates, hospitalization rates, death rates, and other
calculable results. Requires the report to include recommendations for legislative or
executive action that may be necessary to facilitate the ongoing success of the program.
4. Sunsets the HOPE Program on January 1, 2023.
According to the Department of Public Health, the rate of overdose related deaths involving
drugs increased by 200% between 2001 and 2014 in California. The sales of opioid pain
relievers quadrupled in that same time period.
In April 2017, the City of Santa Clarita (City) experienced eight opioid overdose related
emergencies, including one death, in a 72 -hour period. After additional resources from the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) were assigned to the City, multiple operations to
combat drug use were conducted. Between May 2, 2017, and June 15, 2017, detectives of the
Narcotics Bureau of LASD arrested 39 narcotics dealers, seized approximately two pounds of
heroin, and two cars with hidden compartments to conceal narcotics.
Although the City and its partners have initiatives in place to educate the public on the effects of
drug use, the issue of opioid abuse and heroin use is fluid across city boundaries and is a
statewide problem. By implementing a public information and multimedia campaign statewide,
HOPE can educate the public on the dangers of abusing prescription opioids and heroin and
identify treatment services.
Assembly Bill 182 passed the Assembly on May 31, 2017, (77-0-3) and was placed on the
suspense file by the Senate Committee on Appropriations (7-0) on July 17, 2017. Assembly
Members Dante Acosta and Tom Lackey both voted in support of this bill.
Although Assembly Bill 182 will not be moving forward, it is anticipated that similar legislation
will be considered by the legislature in the future. Establishment of a policy position by the City
Council will enable the City to be responsive to similar legislation in the future.
The City Council Legislative Committee met on July 13, 2017, and recommends that the City
Council adopt a "support" position for Assembly Bill 182.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
1. Adopt a "neutral' position on Assembly Bill 182
2. Adopt an "oppose" position on Assembly Bill 182
3. Take no action on Assembly Bill 182
4. Refer Assembly Bill 182 back to the Legislative Committee
5. Other action, as determined by the City Council
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FISCAL IMPACT
The resources required to implement the recommended action are contained within the City of
Santa Clarita's adopted 2017/18 budget.
ATTACHMENTS
AB 182 (Waldron)
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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 26, 2017
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 23, 2017
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 9, 2017
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE -2017-19 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL
No. 182
Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Mayes, and Wood)
(Coauthors: Senators Bates and Glazer)
January 19, 2017
An actto add and repeal Article 5 (commencing with Section 11774)
to ofChapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 10.5 ofthe Health and Safety Code,
relating to drug abuse.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 182, as amended, Waldron. Heroin and Opioid Public Education
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Existing law tasks the State Department ofPublic Health with certain
specified duties related to health information and strategic planning,
including opioid misuse and overdose prevention. Among other duties,
existing law directs the department, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, to award naloxone grant funding to local health
departments, local government agencies, or other entities, as specified,
in order to reduce the rate offatal overdose from opioid drugs including
heroin and prescription opioids.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with
stakeholders, to develop, coordinate, implement, and oversee a
comprehensive multicultural public awareness campaign, to be known
as "Heroin and Opioid Public Educations (HOPE)," upon
appropriation by the Legislature or receipt of state or federal grant
funding, until January 1, 2023. The bill would require the HOPE
program to provide for the coordinated and widespread public
dissemination of individual case stories and other generalized
information that -is Ae4gne&4e�focuses on, among other things, z eros
describing the effects and warning signs of heroin use and opioid
medicationabuse, so as to better ettable members ofthe publie-te,
detefmitte whett help is needed and identify the and identifying available
pathways 4taf afe wvttilable for individuals to seep seeking help. The
bill would require the HOPE program to effectuate the dissemination
of information by using appropriate types of media, as specified,
employing a variety of complementary educational themes and messages
that are tailored to appeal to different target audiences, and using
culturally and linguistically appropriate means.
The bill would require the department to submit a report to the
Governor and Legislature on at least an annual basis, that summarizes
the actions that have been undertaken by the department to implement
the bill and includes an assessment of the effectiveness of the HOPE
program, as specified.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State -mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and maybe cited, as the
2 "HOPE Act"
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1 SEC. 2. Article 5 (commencing with Section 11774) is added
2 to Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 10.5 of the Health and Safety
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5 Article 5. Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE)
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7 11774. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
8 (a) There is an epidemic in this state stemming from the use of
9 heroin and the abuse of opioid medications.
10 (b) Prescription drug overdoses now kill more people than car
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(c) Every day, 2,500 children 12 to 17, inclusive, years of age
abuse a prescription painkiller for the first time, and more people
are becoming addicted to prescription drugs.
(d) Data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention suggests that the nonmedical use of prescription
painkillers costs public and private health insurers seventy-two
billion eight hundred million dollars ($72,800,000,000) annually.
(e) In order for the state to combat this epidemic, citizens in all
walks of life shall be alerted to the problem, and shall be armed
with information that will allow them to recognize, and undertake
appropriate actions, when they or their loved ones are at risk of,
or are succumbing to, a heroin or opioid medication addiction.
(J) The widespread dissemination of information necessary to
combat the state's heroin and opioid medication epidemic could
be successfully achieved through the institution and maintenance
of a multicultural statewide public awareness campaign, which
would be carefully coordinated through all available multimedia
channels to reach a wide variety of audiences, including drug users,
their family members and friends, medical practitioners and nurses,
emergency personnel, and employers.
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medication addiction, and -rebut rebutting the commonly accepted
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1 recognizing the legitimate use of those same opioid drugs as
2 medications.
3 (4) ;,-Describing the effects and warning signs of heroin
4 use and opioid medication abuse, so as to better enable members
5 of the public to determine when help is needed.
6 (5) Skew Showing the link that exists between heroin and opioid
7 medication addiction and suicidal behavior.
8 (6) 1denti€y-Identifying the pathways that are available for
9 individuals to seek help in association with their own, or another
10 person's, heroin or opioid medication addiction, and
11 indicating the various telephone hotline systems that exist in the
12 state for persons who wish to report a case of drug abuse or engage
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1 (12) ldetAi€y-Identifying the proper methods for safeguarding,
2 and for safely disposing of, legitimate opioid medications.
3 (13) A ldr-essAddressing any other issues that the department
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5 public about the state's heroin and opioid medication epidemic
6 and the actions that can be taken by members of the public to
7 reduce the likelihood of heroin or opioid medication addiction, or
8 to otherwise respond to, or mitigate the effects of, heroin or opioid
9 medication addiction in cases in which it is present.
10 (c) (1) The HOPE program shall effectuate the dissemination
11 of information described in subdivision (b) by using appropriate
12 types of media to achieve the goal efficiently and effectively,
13 including new technologies in media, print media, television and
14 radio, and Internet and social media.
15 (2) In disseminating the information described in subdivision
16 (b), the HOPE program shall employ a variety of complementary
17 educational themes and messages that shall be tailored to appeal
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19 program shall incorporate all of the following:
20 (A) At least one message that is directed at, and is tailored to
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that provide services in the state in order to facilitate the
dissemination of information under the HOPE program.
11774.2. (a) The department shall submit to the Governor and
the Legislature on at least an annual basis, a report that summarizes
the actions that have been undertaken by the department to
implement this article and includes an assessment of the
effectiveness of the program, including, but not limited to, effects
on the rate of new opioid and heroin addictions by populations,
mitigation of the effects of opioid or heroin addiction, crime rates,
hospitalization rates, death rates, and other calculable results as
determined by the department. The report shall provide any
recommendations for legislative or executive action that may be
necessary to facilitate the ongoing success of the program.
(b) A report to be submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this
section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code.
11774.3. The department may adopt regulations in accordance
with the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure
Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code) as necessary to
implement this article.
11774.4. This article shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2023, deletes or extends
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