Department of Health and other appropriate State and local
agencies to develop a warm hand-off initiative to medically
stabilize overdose survivors and directly transfer the overdose
survivors to a detoxification facility, or other medical
facility, for detoxification or to a substance use disorder
treatment provider for recovery support services and a course of
treatment and recovery support, in accordance with an
individualized assessment and application of clinical placement
criteria. Services provided by the warm hand-off initiative
shall also be available to any other individual seeking
treatment for a substance use disorder. The warm hand-off
initiative shall be developed within one year of the effective
date of this section and shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:
(1) Partnerships between the department, county drug and
alcohol administrators and emergency departments as follows:
(i) The department shall direct county drug and
alcohol administrators to establish partnerships with all
emergency departments in their respective localities and
to assist those emergency departments to implement warm
hand-off procedures for overdose survivors. Assistance
may include, but not be limited to, working with
emergency departments to ensure that intervention
services are available in a timely fashion.
(ii) Owners and operators of emergency departments
shall take reasonable steps to train and credential any
individuals providing intervention services, using the
emergency department's established credentialing process
for staff and vendors providing care, in order to
facilitate unhindered communication between the
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