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Subcommittee approves bill letting NPs, PAs prescribe injectable buprenorphine product
Summary
HB 19‑84 would allow nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe an injectable mono product of buprenorphine; sponsor framed the change as addressing access while guarding against diversion. The bill advanced without dissent.
Representative Hill (speaker 6) presented HB 19‑84 to permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe an injectable mono formulation of buprenorphine.
"The goal of this legislation is... making sure that people that are in need of this particular prescription... are taking it properly and we're gonna put this in the hands of those providers to make that call," Representative Hill said, framing the bill as a balance between improving access to treatment and guarding against diversion. He sought the committee's passage and there were no questions.
The clerk recorded 6 ayes and 0 nays; HB 19‑84 will move on to the full Health Committee.
