State Opioid and Overdose Response (SOOR) plan

Opioids including prescription pain medication, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as Fentanyl—are causing a serious public health and community crisis across the nation. The State's response is further complicated by a concurrent rise in stimulant use and overdose. Each day about three people die of an overdose in Washington; thousands more struggle with addiction.

Opioid misuse and addiction can cause serious medical, social and financial problems. Social determinants of health, such as economic and social conditions, continue to disproportionately affect BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and other disenfranchised communities that results in long standing differences in health status, including behavioral health. This plan is committed to addressing issues of systemic racism that causes these inequities.

What are the goals?

The Health Care Authority (HCA) is joining with partners across the state to implement a State Opioid Response Plan focusing our efforts on four priority goals:

Prevent opioid misuse
Identify and treat substance use disorder
Ensure and improve the health and wellness of individuals that use drugs
Use data to detect opioid misuse/abuse, monitor illness, injury and death, and evaluate interventions.
Support individuals in recovery

Note: for 24-hour assistance for substance use disorder or mental health challenges, call the Washington Recovery Helpline.

Opioid information

Public education

State Opioid and Overdose Response learning community meetings

The State Opioid and Overdose Response Plan replaced the long standing work group meeting series with a series of learning community meetings in 2024. These meetings will serve the same purpose as the work group meetings.

The name changed because the meeting series has always functioned as a publicly held learning community. These meetings will still seek out to bring together state government leaders, Tribes, academic researchers, health care providers, individuals with lived experience, members of the community, and anyone else with an interest in attending.

2024 learning community meetings

Date	How to join	Meeting materials
February 15 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams
March 28 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams
May 23 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams
July 25 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams
September 26 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams
November 21 9 to 11 a.m.	Join via Teams

Past meetings

2023

Date	Meeting materials
September 28	Agenda (09/28/2023) Meeting materials (09/28/2023)
May 11	Meeting materials (05/11/2023)
March 3	Agenda (03/02/2023)

Date

Meeting materials

September 28

Agenda (09/28/2023)

Meeting materials (09/28/2023)

May 11

Meeting materials (05/11/2023)

March 3

Agenda (03/02/2023)

2022

Date	Meeting materials
November 17
September 15
July 21	Agenda (07/21/2022) Meeting materials (07/21/2022)
May 19	Agenda (05/19/2022) Meeting materials (05/19/2022)
March 15	Agenda (03/15/2022) Meeting materials (03/15/2022)
January 20	Agenda (01/20/2022) Meeting materials (01/20/2022)

2021

Date	Meeting materials
November 18	Agenda (11/18/2021) Meeting materials (11/18/2021)
July 15	Agenda (07/15/2021) Meeting materials (07/15/2021)
May 20	Agenda (05/20/2021) Meeting materials (05/20/2021)
March 18	Meeting materials (03/18/2021)
January	Agenda (01/2021) Meeting notes (01/2021)

2020

Date	Meeting materials
November	Agenda (10/2020) Meeting notes (10/2020)
September	Agenda (09/2020) Meeting notes (09/2020)
July	Agenda (07/2020) Meeting notes (07/2020)
April	Agenda (04/2020) Meeting notes (04/2020)

National Opioid Abatement Trust Subcommittee meetings

Regular meetings of the National Opioid Abatement Trust Subcommittee will be virtual unless otherwise noted.