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House committee reviews bill to require DOC MOUs, reentry plans and reporting for medication-based opioid treatment
Summary
Representative Eric McGuire, Rutland City, introduced House bill H.872 to the House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Jan. 29, asking the committee to require the Department of Corrections to enter MOUs with local opioid treatment providers, expand individualized reentry planning including a 7-day medication bridge at release, and improve reporting and oversight.
Representative Eric McGuire, Rutland City, introduced House bill H.872 to the House Corrections & Institutions Committee on Jan. 29, asking the committee to require the Department of Corrections (DOC) to enter into memorandums of understanding with local opioid treatment programs and office-based treatment providers, expand individualized reentry planning for people on medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and improve reporting and oversight.
McGuire told the committee this proposal is intended to “help emphasize and help enhance, make the program better” and to create “a seamless transition of an individual inside the facility on MAT and being seamlessly transitioned to a provider.” He said the bill builds on Act 176 (2018) and would mandate MOUs between DOC and nearby treatment providers so community providers are notified when a person is released and can coordinate care.
The bill, as described by McGuire, has three primary…
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