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House committee hears bill to codify DOH authority to accredit opioid treatment programs
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on House Bill 2,437 to place the Department of Health's opioid treatment program accreditation authority into statute, allow the agency to set fees to cover accreditation costs, and permit use of opioid abatement settlement funds to offset fees.
The House Health Care and Wellness Committee heard House Bill 2,437 on Jan. 20, a measure that would codify the Department of Health’s authority to serve as a federally approved accrediting body for opioid treatment programs (OTPs) and let the agency set fees to cover the cost of accreditation services.
Chris Blake, staff to the committee, told lawmakers that DOH has acted as an approved accreditor since 2018 and that the bill would write that authority into state statute and explicitly allow the department to set accreditation fees and use appropriated funds from the opioid abatement settlement account to…
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