OPIOIDS
SB 33
– passed the Senate 49-0 and will now be taken up by the House
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Establishes certification and a grant program for comprehensive addiction recovery centers to be administered by the division of mental health and addiction.
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Establishes the comprehensive addiction recovery center fund.
SB 141
– Passed the Senate 42-6 and will be heard in the House
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Specifies requirements that a health care provider that prescribes for a patient in an office-based opioid treatment setting must meet in the treatment of the patient.
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The medical licensing board, state department of health, and the office of family social services agency will adopt protocols concerning office-based treatment providers.