(a) The Department of Health is hereby directed to compile and deliver to the legislature, Governor, and Attorney General, information regarding:

• (1) the number of people who have died in STATE of causes related to opioid abuse, misuse or overdose, annually from 1999 to present, statewide and by county;

• (2) information regarding the number of in-patient hospital stays in STATE annually from 1999 to present attributable to (i) opioid-related hospital use, (ii) opioid abuse, and (iii) opioid overdose;

• (3) estimates of the annual costs from 1999 to present of prescription opioid abuse and misuse in STATE, taking into account costs such as excess medical and prescription costs, lost earnings from premature deaths, and costs of correctional facility and police services.

• (4) information on the annual number of parents who have died of causes related to opioid abuse, misuse or overdose, from 1999 to present, and the impact of those deaths on the foster care system in STATE and counties in STATE;

• (5) information on the incidence of Hepatitis-C, sepsis, endocarditis and other diseases linked to use of sharing needles for drug injections from 1999 to present in STATE and counties in STATE, and information on how the incidence of those diseases over time correlates rates of opioid use, misuse and overdose by geographic region;

• (6) Any other notable health or economic costs or impacts experienced by STATE or counties within STATE as a results of use, misuse, abuse or overdose of opioids.

(b) The above information shall be updated at least annually.

(c) The Department shall annually review publicly-available information about lawsuits related to opioid use, abuse, or overdose brought by STATE Attorney Generals or county prosecutors in the STATES surrounding STATE and four other STATES that have brought such lawsuits, and produce a summary of the key elements of such lawsuits to be provided to the Legislature, Governor and Attorney General. The Attorney General shall provide this report by mail to county and other prosecutors.

(d) The Attorney General and local and county prosecutors are empowered to request from the Department of Health additional health or cost related statistics regarding opioid use, abuse, addiction or overdose that would be useful to enforce the laws of STATE.