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modernizing opioid treatment access act wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 background 2 legislative history 3 support and opposition 4 references toggle the table of contents modernizing opioid treatment access act add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia us congressional bill modernizing opioid treatment access act long title to expand the take home prescribing of methadone through pharmacies announced in the 118th united states congress number of co sponsors 5 legislative history introduced in the senate as s 644 by ed markey d ma on march 2 2023 committee consideration by united states senate committee on health education labor and pensions the modernizing opioid treatment access act is a proposed united states congressional bill introduced in the 118th united states congress introduced in response to the national opioid epidemic the legislation would expand access to methadone an approved medication for treating opioid use disorder oud 1 the bill would give pharmacies the ability to provide methadone to patients with oud which can currently only be accessed at methadone clinics additionally the bill would allow approved healthcare providers to prescribe take home doses for oud patients 2 3 background edit federal law prohibit physicians from directly prescribing methadone for patients with opioid use disorder and prevent pharmacies from dispensing the medication classified as a schedule ii substance oud patients are only permitted to access the medication at opioid treatment facilities otps known as methadone clinics 4 patients are generally required to visit clinics in person to receive daily doses of methadone and are usually prevented from receiving take home doses 5 critics of these regulations note that while pharmacies are prohibited from dispensing methadone they are permitted to dispense the same medication for pain 6 however opponents of relaxing regulations on methadone treatment for oud argue that expanding access could lead to misuse of methadone 7 8 rules were enacted during the covid 19 pandemic to increase oud patients ability to receive take home doses of methadone 9 8 in 2022 the substance abuse and mental health services administration samhsa proposed to make expanded access permanent 10 legislative history edit on march 2 2023 senators ed markey d ma and rand paul r ky introduced the senate version of the legislation known as s 644 11 accompanying house legislation known as h r 1359 was introduced by representatives don bacon r ne and donald norcross d nj 12 as of july 25 2023 the legislation has 24 co sponsors in the house 13 representative david trone a democrat from maryland has endorsed the legislation arguing that current laws hinder patients ability to receive medication 14 support and opposition edit the legislation is supported by the american society of addiction medicine asam which represents addiction medicine professionals 15 the legislation has received opposition from the american association for the treatment of opioid dependence aaotd a trade group that represents the interests of methadone clinics 16 references edit ovalle david 2023 03 05 experts lawmakers push for expanded access to methadone to save lives washington post retrieved 2023 07 25 larson chris 2023 03 07 lawmakers push for more at home methadone prescriptions behavioral health business retrieved 2023 07 07 thakrar ashish 2023 04 10 opinion why are we denying people with opioid addiction the most effective treatment los angeles times retrieved 2023 07 07 the bipartisan modernizing opioid treatment access bill introduced in the senate and the house last month would do just that dramatically expanding access facher lev 2022 08 18 biden administration has simple way to cut overdose deaths experts say expand methadone access stat retrieved 2023 07 07 radil amy 2020 04 13 seattle addiction clinic welcomes new methadone guidelines in wake of coronavirus kuow retrieved 2023 07 07 ovalle david 2023 03 05 as drug deaths soar experts urge expanded access to methadone washington post retrieved 2023 07 06 they note that methadone can already be prescribed by physicians and dispensed by pharmacies for chronic pain with a fentanyl crisis raging they argue board certified specialists should be able to write prescriptions to treat addiction nordstrom benjamin 2023 05 16 good intentions alone won t solve the country s opioid crisis the hill retrieved 2023 07 07 1 2 choi joseph 2023 07 12 how the pandemic spurred a push to expand methadone access the hill retrieved 2023 07 26 how covid pandemic changed methadone treatment for addiction ap news 2021 08 12 retrieved 2023 07 07 mann brian 2022 12 17 people addicted to opioids rarely get life saving medications that may change npr retrieved 2023 07 06 the rule change proposed by the biden administration would make those reforms permanent it would also eliminate waiting periods for access to methadone and expand telehealth options even further s 644 modernizing opioid treatment access act congress gov retrieved 2023 07 06 fraser quanecia 2023 03 14 it will save lives rep don bacon introduces bill to make opioid use disorder medication more accessible ketv retrieved 2023 07 07 redmond helen 2023 07 25 did asam push to limit federal methadone reform bill filter retrieved 2023 07 29 mcmanus kevin 2023 03 14 two bills to deal with the drug problem introduced this week in congress wfmd am wfmd retrieved 2023 07 07 firth shannon 2023 05 18 addiction doc urges lawmakers to rethink methadone prescribing restrictions medpagetoday retrieved 2023 07 07 redmond helen 2023 04 04 methadone clinics angry at bad pr but not afraid of samhsa filter retrieved 2023 07 07 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title modernizing_opioid_treatment_access_act oldid 1373296313 categories proposed legislation of the 118th united states congress united states federal health legislation hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata use american english from june 2025 all wikipedia articles written in american english this page was last edited on 5 september 2026 at 03 48 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms 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