• Date Due: January 14, 2026
  • Author: Joint Commission on Health Care
  • Enabling Authority: House Joint Resolution 41 (Regular Session, 2024)
  • Description:
    Report on the findings and recommendations on policy solutions to the Commonwealth's fentanyl crisis, including (i) the causes of the rise in fentanyl prevalence and fentanyl overdoses in the Commonwealth, (ii) the impact of the rise in fentanyl prevalence and fentanyl overdoses in the Commonwealth on Virginians and the Commonwealth's health care system, (iii) insight into the fentanyl crisis within the context of other drug crises and addiction trends in recent history, and (iv) policy recommendations related to reducing the prevalence of fentanyl in the Commonwealth and reducing the number of fentanyl overdoses in the Commonwealth.