1/11/18
by News Department on 01/11/18Disaster declaration...
Governor Tom Wolf took another step forward in bolstering the fight against heroin and opioid addiction Wednesday afternoon, by signing a statewide disaster declaration to enhance state response, increase access to treatment, and save lives.
Among the declaration’s specifics are 13 key initiatives that are the culmination of a collaboration between all state agencies, with focus on the departments of Health, Drug and Alcohol Programs, the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and the Pennsylvania State Police.
The declaration is the first-of-its-kind for a public health emergency in Pennsylvania and will utilize a command center at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
