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Lawmakers hear testimony urging state action to expand access to medications for opioid use disorder
Summary
Witnesses at a March 19 public hearing urged passage of HB 2506, which directs the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission and OHA to develop policies to expand availability of medications for opioid use disorder in physical health settings and improve transitions to community care.
The Joint Committee on Addiction and Community Safety Response heard extensive testimony March 19 in favor of House Bill 2506, a committee bill directing the Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission and Oregon Health Authority to develop policies and supports to increase access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in hospitals, emergency departments and other physical health-care settings, and to improve transitions to community-based treatment.
Annalise Stolf, ADPC director, told the committee the commission studied barriers after language in House Bill 4002 directed such work and that the ADPC prioritized emergency-department initiation of MOUD and warm handoffs to community care. Mitch Doig, senior…
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