(1)(a) The purpose of each local team is to:(I) Promote cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in the investigation of drug overdose fatalities;(II) Develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of drug overdose fatalities in the jurisdiction where the local team operates;(III) Plan for and recommend changes within the agencies represented on the local team to prevent drug overdose fatalities; and(IV) Advise local, regional, and state policymakers about potential changes to law, policy, funding, or practice to prevent drug overdoses.(b) To achieve its purpose, each local team shall:(I) Establish and implement protocols and procedures;(II) Conduct a multidisciplinary review of information received pursuant to section 25-20.5-2305 regarding a decedent, which shall include, but not be limited to: (A) Consideration of the decedent's points of contact with health-care systems, social services, educational institutions, child and family services, the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, and any other systems with which the decedent had contact prior to the decedent's death; and(B) Identification of the specific factors and social determinants of

ce system, including law enforcement, and any other systems with which the decedent had contact prior to the decedent's death; and(B) Identification of the specific factors and social determinants of health that put the decedent at risk for an overdose;(III) Recommend prevention and intervention strategies to improve coordination of services and investigations among member agencies to reduce overdose deaths; and(IV) Collect, analyze, interpret, and maintain local data on overdose deaths.(c) The local team shall aggregate all information and may not share or otherwise disseminate personally identifiable information without a signed consent form from the decedent's next of kin.(2) Each local team shall submit an annual report to the county or district public health agency or agencies served by the local team containing de-identified information specified in subsection (1) of this section.Added by 2024 Ch. 440,§ 7, eff. 6/6/2024.