{"id":6533,"date":"2023-03-02T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/mccann\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2023-03-02T16:39:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:39:22","slug":"mccann-reintroduces-legislation-to-allow-for-the-creation-of-overdose-fatality-review-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.senatedems.com\/mccann\/2023\/03\/02\/mccann-reintroduces-legislation-to-allow-for-the-creation-of-overdose-fatality-review-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"McCann Reintroduces Legislation to Allow for the Creation of Overdose Fatality Review Teams\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<h4 class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><em><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">Bill would give county medical examiners ability to establish review teams to investigate overdose deaths in Michigan<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">LANSING, Mich. (<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">March 2,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">2023) \u2014<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">Today, Sen.<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">Sean McCann<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0(D\u2013Kalamazoo) reintroduced<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">legislation<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/doc.aspx?2023-SB-0133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" class=\"x_Hyperlink x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-loopstyle=\"link\" data-safelink=\"true\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_Underlined x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Senate Bill 133<\/span><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">that would<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">allow county medical examiners or health officers to establish an Overdose Fatality Review Team (OFRT)<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">to<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0investigate overdose<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">&#8211;<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">related deaths.<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">These teams would work to better understand<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0local<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0risk factors, trends, and share recommendations with local health department<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">s<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0and<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0the<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u201cIn recent years, we have seen the rise of opioids in our communities, which has had a devastating impact on families across our nation. It has become abundantly apparent that Michigan needs the same tools established in places like Arizona, West Virginia<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0and Maryland<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0to handle this rising crisis<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">,\u201d Sen.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">McCann<\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0said. \u201cWe need to give Michigan\u2019s medical examiners and community stakeholders an opportunity to use their expertise to review these trends and develop solutions to this growing epidemic.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">SB<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0133<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">would provide county medical<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">examiners with<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0the legal authority to create<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0an OFRT<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0team and conduct<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">their<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0work, as well as provide<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">them with<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0the ability to grant appropriate confidentiality protections for the victims involved. State law already includes similar allowances for elder death review and child death review.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u201cPreliminarily, the number of drug-related deaths investigated by our office for 13 Michigan<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">c<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">ounties remained very high and essentially unchanged from 2021 to 2022. Approximately<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">73<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0percent of the drug-related deaths in 2022 involved at least one opioid, and over<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">37<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0percent involved methamphetamine,\u201d<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">commented<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">Joyce L.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SpellingErrorV2Themed x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">deJong<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">, DO, Medical Examiner and founding chair of the Department of Pathology of Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. \u201cOverdose fatality review teams work to assess risk factors<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">and to identify gaps in access to harm reduction tools associated with these premature deaths. Providing counties with the ability to form these review teams will help guide mitigation strategies and assist the communities they serve with vital information about the arrival of novel substances.\u201d<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">An OFRT is a collaborative effort of community stakeholders, including the county medical examiner, county health officer, first responders, law enforcement, health care professionals, and others.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">SB 133 has been referred to the Senate Health Policy<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">Committe<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">e<\/span><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"x_EOP x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_OutlineElement x_Ltr x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">\n<p class=\"x_Paragraph x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"x_TextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\"><span class=\"x_NormalTextRun x_SCXW114788097 x_BCX8\">###<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill would give county medical examiners ability to establish review teams to investigate overdose deaths in Michigan\u00a0 \u00a0 LANSING, Mich. (March 2,\u00a02023) \u2014\u00a0Today, Sen.\u00a0Sean McCann\u00a0(D\u2013Kalamazoo) reintroduced\u00a0legislation,\u00a0Senate Bill 133,\u00a0that would\u00a0allow county [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6431,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>McCann Reintroduces Legislation to Allow for the Creation of Overdose Fatality Review Teams\u00a0 - Senator Sean McCann<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cIn recent years, we have seen the rise of opioids in our communities, which has had a devastating impact on families across our nation. 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