Dallas County and City of Dallas opioid overdose data is not available to the public
sought the information through the state’s open records process from the county, which collates the data and sends it to the national database, and the city, which collects the live data through Dallas-Fire Rescue’s emergency responders.
On Sept. 15, Gonzalez said this request falls under state law that allows an extension if “voluminous amount of information is requested or an extensive search is necessary to identify responsive information.”Dallas County Health and Human Services Director Philip Huang said part of the reason it took a while for Dallas to join the ODMAP program was due to privacy concerns.
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