The Work Group must consult experts and families of people who overdosed
To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 110, Sec. 110.
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The Work Group must consult experts and families of people who overdosed
The document says “shall”Who acts: the Federal Interagency Work Group on Fentanyl Contamination of Illegal DrugsHow: statuteSec. 110 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Work Group shall consult with relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts, including--”
The section requires the work group to consult State, Tribal and local subject matter experts in reducing, preventing and responding to overdose caused by fentanyl contamination, and family members of both adults and youth who have overdosed on contaminated drugs.
What the document actually says
“The Work Group shall consult with relevant stakeholders and subject matter experts, including--”
That sentence, in plain words
The work group must talk to people outside the government. It must talk to experts in States, Tribes and towns. It must also talk to families who lost someone.
What this is about
Consulting means asking and listening. It does not mean those people get a vote. The work group still decides what to say.
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