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MD HB1084

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Joseline Pena-Melnyk

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Maryland Secretary of Health to provide annual grants to counties equal to their costs for implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs in local correctional facilities, funded through the Opioid Restitution Fund and state budget appropriations

  • Repeals the existing requirement that local correctional facilities make available at least one formulation of each FDA-approved opioid agonist, partial agonist, and long-acting antagonist for treating opioid use disorders

  • Requires counties to submit annual reports by October 1 detailing the number of treatment days provided, itemized costs by facility, and other information requested by the Office of Overdose Response

  • Imposes a 20% grant reduction penalty for each 30 days a county fails to submit required reporting information

  • Expands authorized uses of the Opioid Restitution Fund to include grants to counties for MAT program implementation in correctional facilities, effective October 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Correctional Services – Medication–Assisted Treatment Funding

Counties

Last Action

Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. (Judiciary)

2/10/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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