Bill Would Make Over-The-Counter Narcan Affordable Through Health Insurance

CBS San Francisco, CBS Los Angeles

September 20, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO -- City leaders in San Francisco on Monday published a new dashboard tool that details the number of accidental overdose deaths during 2023.

The data showed 563 total overdose deaths since January, 2023 with 84 overdose fatalities in August alone. It comes amid a renewed push to expand access to the overdose-reversal drug Narcan.

Legislation authored by Assemblymember Liz Ortega to require insurance companies to cover the cost of over-the-counter Narcan is just one step away from being signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom.

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