MI HB5163

Hospitals treating 50 or more emergency opioid overdose patients per year must implement emergency-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs, with an opt-out option via department form.

Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a grant program beginning 90 days after enactment to provide financial support to hospitals for MAT program implementation, ceasing September 30, 2022, unless federal or other funds remain available.

Grant-receiving hospitals must maintain protocols and capacity to provide opioid agonist treatments (methadone, buprenorphine) and opioid antagonists, with personnel trained under federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration requirements.

Hospitals must offer evidence-based interventions to reduce post-discharge harm, refer discharged patients to substance use disorder services via face-to-face or direct telephone contact when possible, and offer opioid antagonists to consenting patients when recommended by treating health professionals.

Department may require hospitals treating fewer than 50 emergency opioid overdose patients annually to implement MAT programs if deemed appropriate, and may contract with nongovernmental entities to administer the grant program.