(a) Preparation of Overdose Death Report Form. By no later than June 1, 2020, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall develop a form on which any person filing a death certificate may provide information regarding whether the decedent died from causes related to overdose of drugs. The form shall seek the following information regarding each decedent: the decedent’s race, ethnicity, age, and sex; the cause of death; the drug or drugs that contributed to the decedent’s death; the date of death; the San Francisco neighborhood in which the decedent resided, if the decedent was a San Francisco resident; and whether the decedent was homeless.
(b) Filing of Overdose Death Report. At the time of registering a death by filing a death certificate with the Department of Public Health under Article 4 of the Health Code and California Health and Safety Code Sections 102775 et seq., the person registering or reporting the death shall also submit to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner an Overdose Death Report in the format prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section 227.
(c) Reports to Mayor, Board of Supervisors and Department of Public Health. By no later than October 15, 2020 and by the 15th day of the month every four months thereafter, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall transmit to the Mayor, the Board of Supervisors, and the Director of Health a report stating the number of individuals who were reported to have died from causes related to overdose of drugs in Overdose Death Reports that the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner received in the preceding four months. To the extent possible without disclosing the identity of any decedent or releasing information in violation of any state or federal law, the report shall provide the following information regarding decedents in aggregate form, divided by calendar month: race; ethnicity; age; sex; cause of death; the drug or drugs that contributed to the deaths; the San Francisco neighborhoods in which the decedents resided, if known; and whether the decedents were homeless.
(Added by Ord. 52-20, File No. 191073, App. 3/27/2020, Eff. 4/27/2020)