HB 1427-S.E - DIGEST |
(DIGEST AS ENACTED) |
Changes the following terms for purposes of the community mental health services act: (1) From "opiate substitution treatment programs" to "opioid treatment programs"; and |
(2) From "addicted baby" to "substance-exposed baby." |
Requires the following to adopt rules establishing requirements for prescribing opioid drugs: (1) The podiatric medical board; |
(2) The dental quality assurance commission; |
(3) The board of osteopathic medicine and surgery; |
(4) The medical quality assurance commission; and |
(5) The nursing care quality assurance commission. |
Recognizes as evidence-based for the management of opioid use disorder, the medications approved by the federal food and drug administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder. |
Declares that a person lawfully possessing or using lawfully prescribed medication for the treatment of opioid use disorder must be treated the same in judicial and administrative proceedings as a person lawfully possessing or using other lawfully prescribed medications. |
Defines "opioid treatment program" as a program dispensing: (1) A medication approved by the federal drug administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder; and |
(2) A medication for the reversal of opioid overdose. |
Authorizes a county to impose a maximum capacity for the program of not less than three hundred fifty participants if necessary to address specific local conditions cited by the county. |
Subjects opioid treatment programs to the oversight required for other substance use disorder treatment programs, as described in the community mental health services act. |