VA HB 1774

Title: Law-enforcement officers; training standards, comprehensive harm reduction program.
Author: Betsy B. Carr

Summary
Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcement personnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotes scientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths, in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Virginia Department of Health.

Status
House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)

Bill Documents
VA HB 1774 - Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104107D
2023-01-10 - VA HB 1774 (Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104107D)