(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall conduct outreach to each of the tribal governments in California for the purpose of advising them of the availability of naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist through the department‘s Naloxone Distribution Project (NDP). The department shall provide technical assistance on the application process to the tribal entities applying for naloxone kits through the NDP if requested to do so by the tribal government.

(b) The department shall report to the Legislature and to the Assembly and Senate Health Committees, the results of the outreach program annually on or before March 31 of each year, beginning on March 31, 2025.

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(1) The report shall include all of the following:

(A) The tribes that participated in the NDP as a result of the department’s outreach.

(B) The number of applicants that participated in the NDP as a result of the department’s outreach.

(C) The effectiveness of the outreach and the NDP in lowering both opioid overdoses and deaths within the Native American community.

(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with § 9795 of the Government Code.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until March 31, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.

(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 570, Sec. 1. (AB 1233) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of March 31, 2027, by its own provisions.)