RESOLVED, That the advisory committee offer recommendations
on how to ensure that medical personnel at overdose
stabilization and warm hand-off centers are trained in
identifying patients who, due to other conditions, should be
referred immediately to a hospital emergency department; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the advisory committee explore mechanisms and
recommend ways to expand, where feasible, the function of
currently existing crisis health care facilities so they can
serve as overdose stabilization and warm hand-off centers, in
addition to their current functions; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the development of overdose stabilization and
warm hand-off center recommendations made by the advisory
committee include:
(1) Identifying the areas in this Commonwealth that will
benefit most from the placement of overdose stabilization and
warm hand-off centers through an analysis of population
density and number of overdose deaths.
(2) Creating the design, staffing structure and
operational protocols of the overdose stabilization and warm
hand-off centers, which may include consideration of existing
detoxification facilities with expanded capacity and
functions.
(3) Expanding the functions of currently existing crisis
health care facilities so they can also serve as overdose
stabilization and warm hand-off centers.
(4) Identifying funding sources for overdose
stabilization and warm hand-off centers that can become self-
sustaining.
(5) Examining the need for creating a new licensing
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