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Adding a new Chapter 6-1600 to The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Reports on Opioid Antidote Use," to require certain reports from the Office of the Managing Director to Council concerning the City's use of opioid antidote, all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
TITLE 6. HEALTH CODE
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CHAPTER 6-1600. CITY REPORTS ON OPIOID ANTIDOTE USE
? 6-1601. Definitions.
(1) Opioid antidote. Defined in accordance with Code ? 9-637.
(2) First Responders. City Employees working for the Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services, and the Office of Homeless Services.
(3) Repeat opioid antidote recipient. An individual who receives opioid antidote from a First Responder on at least two separate occasions that occur within at most thirty (30) days of each other.
(4) Reporting term. The period beginning January 1, 2024, and ending January 31, 2026.
? 6-1602. Reporting requirements.
(1) During the reporting term, the Office of the Managing Director shall provide written reports to the Chief Clerk of Council that comply with the following requirements:
(a) Contents. Reports must include, at a minimum, the following information for the three (3) month period preceding the original report deadline:
(.1) The total number of individuals to whom First Responders administered opioid antidote, listed by department;
(.2) The total number of opioid antidote treatments administered by each department;
(.3) The number of repeat opioid antidote recipients to whom each department administered opioid antidote, provided that at least one such administration which took place within thirty (30) days of another administration must have occurred during the three (3) month period covered by the report;
(.4) The number of opioid antidote treatments that each department administered to each repeat opioid antidote recipient, along...
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