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  • 1.  HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy Stakeholder Briefing - 10/29/21

    National Council Staff
    Posted 10-27-2021 13:23
    Dear Association Executives - Below and at the links below please find information on an upcoming Stakeholder Briefing on HHS' "Overdose Prevention Strategy" this Friday. Please free to share this information with your members. Please also let us know if you have questions or if other information would be helpful.
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    Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra today announced the release of the new HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy, designed to increase access to the full range of care and services for individuals who use substances that cause overdose, and their families.  This new strategy focuses on the multiple substances involved in overdose and the diverse treatment approaches for substance use disorder.

    "With this new strategy, we're breaking new ground to address the full range of drug use and addiction that can result in overdose and death," said Secretary Becerra. "We're changing the way we address overdoses. Our new strategy focuses on people -- putting the very individuals who have struggled with addiction in positions of power. And thanks to the American Rescue Plan, we can address what so many people have seen in recent years: a rise in overdoses that can risk a person's life – and affect their entire family." 

    To further discuss the Overdose Prevention Strategy, the HHS Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs invites you to join us on Friday, October 29 at 3:30 PM ET for a Stakeholder Briefing.

    The Stakeholder Briefing will include remarks from:

    • Counselor to the HHS Secretary, Rachel Pryor
    • HHS Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Dr. Rebecca Haffajee
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Dr. Chris Jones
    • National Institutes of Health (NIH) Deputy Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Dr. Wilson Compton
    • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Administrator, Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon
    • Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shari Ling
    • HHS Director of the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs, Marvin Figueroa 

    Please register for the Stakeholder Briefing at this link:

    https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_RwFWZ-QSTTC62PA5gHQHhQ

    Please note that each individual attendee must register in order to access the meeting. Please feel free to send this invitation to your members and network. The event is only for stakeholders and is not open to the press.

    If there are any other accommodations that would make this meeting accessible to you, please indicate those on the registration form. Please note, this briefing is closed to the press but will be recorded.

    For more information on the announcement, please see the materials below:


    Marvin Figueroa, Director
    Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
    U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Washington, D.C.

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    Neal Comstock
    Director of Membership
    National Council
    NealC@TheNationalCouncil.org
    202 748-8793
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  • 2.  RE: HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy Stakeholder Briefing - 10/29/21

    National Council Staff
    Posted 10-27-2021 14:26
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    Dear Association Executives - See also, "HHS pledges more effort, resources toward harm reduction for drug users" from today's The Washington Post.

    See attached and - https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/27/harm-reduction-drugs-fentanyl/

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    Neal Comstock
    Director of Membership
    National Council
    NealC@TheNationalCouncil.org
    202 748-8793
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