Whitehouse Applauds Federal Expansion of Opioid Treatment Rules, Calls for Passage of TREATS Act
February 14, 2024
February 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cheered the Biden administration's new rule extending Covid-era policies that expanded access to medication-assisted treatment initiated at Opioid Treatment Programs (OPTs). The rule change allows methadone and buprenorphine to be administered at home and ends a yearlong requirement of opioid addiction before entering treatment. These changes, whi . . .
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) cheered the Biden administration's new rule extending Covid-era policies that expanded access to medication-assisted treatment initiated at Opioid Treatment Programs (OPTs). The rule change allows methadone and buprenorphine to be administered at home and ends a yearlong requirement of opioid addiction before entering treatment. These changes, whi . . .