Publications

The Opioid Abatement Council is required by law to create and maintain several publications, Tennessee Code Annotated Title 33, Chapter 11.

• To create an annual report for the prior fiscal year that details the total funds deposited into the opioid abatement fund, the abatement strategies funded, and any disbursement or expenses paid from the opioid abatement fund
• To develop policies to provide reasonable opportunity to receive input from community stakeholders
• To receive input the council shall receive input from the department's statewide planning and policy council's need assessment process, which is conducted with the assistance of seven (7) regional planning and policy councils, and allow for comment and input from community stakeholders, local governments, state and local public health officials, public health advocates, law enforcement and judiciary representatives, opioid remediation service providers, and other parties interested and actively involved in addressing the opioid crisis and its abatement