PROTECTS THAT RIGHT.
ADAM: MOVING ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION.
>> BESTIE ANNOUNCED PLANS -- THE STATE ANNOUNCED PLANS ON OPIOID TREATMENT.
THE STATE HAS SEEN A WAVE OF TREATMENT CENTER CLOSURES AND UNCERTAIN OUTCOMES FOR THOSE WHO RELY ON THOSE SERVICES.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THIS NEW CHANGE IN DIRECTION WILL YIELD BETTER RESULTS?
GOV. SUNUNU: WE ARE TAKING A DRASTIC CHANGE IN HOW WE ATTACK THE OPIOID CRISIS IN THE STATE.
IT STARTS WITH A BUNCH OF PIECES TO THE PUZZLE.
PROVIDING ACCESS IN THE RURAL AREAS, A BARRIER THAT HAD NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN SO LONG.
SO THAT PEOPLE CANNOT JUST GET TREATMENT AND RECOVERY, BUT THE FULL WRAPAROUND SERVICES.
WE HAVE DATA THAT WILL WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT FALLING OFF, THEY ARE NOT RELAXING.
I INVENTED RECOVERY FRIENDLY WORKPLACES TO MAKE SURE RECOVERY IS A PART OF THE SOLUTION.
WE HAVE TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE ALCOHOL FUND, IN PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOSPITALS.
WE WENT DOWN TO WASHINGTON DC AND SAID, IF YOU ALLOW US TO RE-CREATE THE STRUCTURE OF THIS STATE, WE DON’T HAVE THE BUREAUCRACY, WE CAN GET THE DATA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS WE ARE SEEING OVERDOSES AND DEATHS GO DOWN IN THE STATE.
THIS NEW TANGIBLE MODEL CAN REALLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT PREVIOUSLY WERE NOT THERE.
>> SENATOR KELLY, ON DAY ONE, WHAT SPECIFICALLY WOULD YOU DO DIFFERENTLY?
WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CONCRETE POLICY.
SEN. KELLY: I WILL TELL YOU ON THE FIRST DAY I AM IN OFFICE AS GOVERNOR, I WILL MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD IN THE CLASSROOM IS NOT HUNGRY AND HAS HAD BREAKFAST.
IF OUR CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY IN SCHOOLS, THEY WILL NOT LEARN.
THIS OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS A CRISIS, AND WE MUST ADDRESS IT.
THERE IS NOT A FAMILY IN THE STATE THAT HAS NOT BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS EPIDEMIC AND CONTINUES NOT TO BE.
I WOULD FOURTH AN EMERGENCY PLA TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF TREATMENT, PREVENTION, RECOVERY, AND TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN ARE SUPPORTED, AND THEIR CAREGIVERS AS WELL.
THE PROGRAM MY OPPONENT IS TALKING ABOUT WAS PUT TOGETHER NOT BY BRINGING EVERYONE TO THE TABLE, BUT PUT FORTH TO THE IMPLEMENTED.
WE KNOW THERE ARE HOSPITALS IN MANCHESTER AND NASHUA WHO WERE NOT A PART OF THIS PLAN.
GOV. SUNUNU: THE MODEL IS BASED WITH HOSPITALS IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE ASK HOSPITALS ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
THE HOSPITALS IN MANCHESTER AND NASHUA CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
LET’S BE VERY CLEAR, MY OPPONENT WAS ASKED TO GIVE ANY SPECIFICS ON HOW SHE WOULD DEAL WITH THE OPIOID CRISIS, NOTHING.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT FUEL, NOTHING.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE ECONOMY, NOTHING.
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT STUDENT DEBT.
I HAVE YET TO HEAR A SINGLE IDEA.
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE SYSTEMS WORK TO BE IMPLEMENT IT.
SEN. KELLY: I WAS A STATE SENATOR FOR 10 YEARS.
I GOT THINGS DONE, AND I KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE.
MY OPPONENT IS NOT CORRECT.
I HAVE PUT LEGISLATION TOGETHER WITH MANY DETAILS.
MY OPIATE PLAN HAS DETAIL AS WELL, AS I TALKED ABOUT.
I WAS THE FIRST SENATOR TO PUT FORTH A RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP NET METERING BILL.
I KNOW HOW TO PUT LEGISLATION TOGETHER.
I KNOW THE DETAILS.
I KNOW HOW IT WORKS