PCA has been championing this legislation for the past 3 years, and it is moving forward quickly this year. 🙂
Hearings are scheduled this week (2/9 and 2/11) for both the house and senate versions of this bill. Our bill sponsors, in the House-David Bennett, and in the Senate-Josh Miller, have also been involved in legislation for broader policy changes related to non-opioid pain treatment options, overdose prevention, healthcare access, decriminalization of drugs and more.
Changes that support, rather than punish individuals and their families, are what we need.