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Task force hears calls to expand methadone access with mobile units and medication kiosks
Summary
Witnesses told lawmakers that opioid treatment program (OTP) limits and daily‑dosing rules leave many patients traveling hours for methadone; mobile dosing units and medication kiosks were raised as state options to broaden access.
Witnesses across the session described methadone as a lifesaving treatment limited by federal and state program design. Joe Fagee, community relations supervisor at Center for Life Solutions, said daily dosing requirements for new opioid treatment patients create a transportation barrier that many cannot meet.
"To get the methadone, people have to come every day off the bat," Fagee said, describing how initial requirements can prevent clients from stabilizing and obtaining take-home doses.
Task force member Rachel Winograd, of the University…
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