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MD HB1084
Bill
Status
2/5/2025
Primary Sponsor
Joseline Pena-Melnyk
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AI Summary
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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
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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
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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
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Imposes a 20% grant reduction penalty for each 30 days a county fails to submit required reporting information
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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