State Opioid and Overdose Response (SOOR) plan
Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. The State's response is further complicated by a concurrent rise in stimulant use and overdose. Each day about three people die of an overdose in Washington; thousands more struggle with addiction.
Opioid misuse and addiction can cause serious medical, social and financial problems. Social determinants of health, such as economic and social conditions, continue to disproportionately affect BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other disenfranchised communities that results in long standing differences in health status, including behavioral health. This plan is committed to addressing issues of systemic racism that causes these inequities.
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What are the goals?
The Health Care Authority (HCA) is joining with partners across the state to implement a State Opioid Response Plan focusing our efforts on four priority goals:
- Prevent opioid misuse
- Identify and treat substance use disorder
- Ensure and improve the health and wellness of individuals that use drugs
- Use data to detect opioid misuse/abuse, monitor illness, injury and death, and evaluate interventions.
- Support individuals in recovery
Note: for 24-hour assistance for substance use disorder or mental health challenges, call the Washington Recovery Helpline.
- Opioid information
- Public education
State Opioid and Overdose Response learning community meetings
The State Opioid and Overdose Response Plan replaced the long standing work group meeting series with a series of learning community meetings in 2024. These meetings will serve the same purpose as the work group meetings.
The name changed because the meeting series has always functioned as a publicly held learning community. These meetings will still seek out to bring together state government leaders, Tribes, academic researchers, health care providers, individuals with lived experience, members of the community, and anyone else with an interest in attending.
2024 learning community meetings
| Date | How to join | Meeting materials |
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September 26 9 to 11 a.m. |
Join via Teams | Agenda (09/26/2024) |
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November 21 9 to 11 a.m. |
Join via Teams |
Past meetings
- 2024
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Date
Meeting materials
July 11 Agenda (07/11/2024) March 28
February 15 - 2023
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Date
Meeting materials
September 28
May 11 Meeting materials (05/11/2023) March 3 Agenda (03/02/2023) - 2022
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Date
Meeting materials
November 17
September 15
July 21
May 19 March 15
January 20
- 2021
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Date
Meeting materials
November 18 July 15
May 20
March 18
January
- 2020
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Date
Meeting materials
November
September
July
April
National Opioid Abatement Trust Subcommittee meetings
Regular meetings of the National Opioid Abatement Trust Subcommittee will be virtual unless otherwise noted.
- 2023
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Date
Meeting materials
May 25
March 31 Meeting notes (03/2023) - 2022
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Date
Meeting materials
November 17
September 15
July 21
May 19 March 15
January 20