Overdose Fatality Review Teams

Overdose fatality review (OFR) teams are multidisciplinary teams established on the state, county or city level to identify system gaps and innovative community-specific overdose prevention and intervention strategies. OFR teams review fatal drug overdose cases within their jurisdictions to determine what factors and characteristics may lead to a possible overdose. By understanding what influences a fatal overdose, the OFR can recommend changes in law, policy, and agency response and coordination that will better allow the state, county, or city to prevent future overdose deaths. This document identifies both currently-in-force statutes and recently proposed legislation related to OFR teams, throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

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