2020 Access to Treatment Priority Legislation & Other Bills
HB 1623: Relative to telemedicine and substance use disorder
- Removes the Medicaid requirement that health care providers hold a face-to-face meeting before providing substance use treatment over tele-health
- Position: Support
- Click here to read the bill: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=1180&tx...
- HB 1623 was passed/adopted with amendment.
HB 311: Relative to the authority of the state fire marshal to grant an exemption from fire code requirements to recovery houses (retained from 2019 session)
- Allows alcohol and drug-free recovery houses who have registered with the state Department of Health and Human Services to apply for an exemption from state fire codes from the State Fire Marshal
- Position: Support
- Click here to read the bill: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=459&txt...
- HB 311 did not pass and was Laid on Table in the Senate.
SB 600: Requiring medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders for prisoners incarcerated in a county correctional facility
- Requires county jails to provide screening for and provision of medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorders where medically appropriate
- Position: Support
- Click here to read the bill: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=1963&tx...
- SB 600 did not pass and was Laid on Table in the House.
SB 647: Relative to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) by telemedicine and telehealth services
- Establishes that Medication-Assisted Treatment can be prescribed over telehealth services
- Position: Support
- Click here to read the bill: http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2020&id=2226&tx...
- SB 647 did not pass and was Laid on Table in the House.