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House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 31, 2019 11:12 AM
From: Representative Aaron D. Kaufer
To: All House members
Subject: New Guidelines for Opioid Maintenance Treatment with Buprenorphine
 
In order to slow the spread of prescription opioid abuse, I will be introducing legislation directing the State Board of Medicine to adopt guidelines restricting when buprenorphine is prescribed in an office-based practice or other location determined by the board. My bill prohibits any doctor from dispensing, injecting, implanting or prescribing buprenorphine unless it is part of a comprehensive treatment plan that includes counseling and behavioral health therapy. Requiring the counseling to accompany the prescribing of buprenorphine will increase the effectiveness of the medication and put an end to the subculture that has arisen.
Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation.