Texas HB1837 establishes a training program for law enforcement on fentanyl offenses and creates a task force to study opioid antagonist production.

Texas HB1837 mandates the creation of a fentanyl offenses enforcement training program for local law enforcement officers. This program will prepare officers to collaborate in the interdiction, investigation, and prosecution of fentanyl offenses. The bill also establishes a lethal opioid poisoning prevention task force to compile data on criminal activity related to controlled substances, develop best practices for handling these substances and using opioid antagonists, and study methods to incentivize manufacturers to increase opioid antagonist production.

Texas HB1837 establishes a training program for law enforcement on fentanyl offenses and creates a task force to study opioid antagonist production.

Texas HB1837 mandates the creation of a fentanyl offenses enforcement training program for local law enforcement officers. This program will prepare officers to collaborate in the interdiction, investigation, and prosecution of fentanyl offenses. The bill also establishes a lethal opioid poisoning prevention task force to compile data on criminal activity related to controlled substances, develop best practices for handling these substances and using opioid antagonists, and study methods to incentivize manufacturers to increase opioid antagonist production.