Florida Senate - 2025                                     SB 214
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       30-00362A-25                                           2025214__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to special observances; creating s.
    3         683.3343, F.S.; designating August 21 of each year as
    4         “Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day”; encouraging
    5         specified agencies, local governments, and public
    6         schools to sponsor events to promote awareness of the
    7         dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses, including
    8         education on specified topics; providing an effective
    9         date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 683.3343, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         683.3343 Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day.—
   16         (1) The Legislature designates August 21 of each year as
   17  “Fentanyl Awareness and Education Day” to increase awareness of
   18  the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses.
   19         (2) The Department of Health, the Department of Children
   20  and Families, local governments, public schools, and other
   21  agencies are encouraged to sponsor events to promote awareness
   22  of the dangers of fentanyl and potential overdoses, including,
   23  but, not limited to, education on the prevention of fentanyl
   24  abuse and addiction; the availability of local school and
   25  community resources for drug prevention and any processes
   26  involved in accessing those resources; and health issues,
   27  including information about substance use and abuse,
   28  specifically youth substance use and abuse.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.