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2005 SESSION

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HB 1778 Methadone clinics; prohibited in certain counties.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction; standards required; moratorium. Requires the State Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services Board to establish standards to evaluate the need and appropriateness for the issuance of new licenses to providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction. The standards will include various criteria relating to the number of persons needing such treatment in the service area, the proposed site of the clinic, the existing access to such treatment, the geographic and demographic parameters of the service area, and the proposed clinic's security and accountability measures. A moratorium on the issuance of new licenses for providers of treatment for persons with opiate addiction is established from the enactment date of this act until the date on which the standards become effective. The Board is authorized to promulgate emergency regulations.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Methadone clinics; prohibition in certain counties. Prohibits the Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services from granting a license to a provider of treatment for persons with opiate addiction through the use of the controlled substance, methadone, or other opioid replacements, if the provider's proposed location is in any county that has not adopted a zoning ordinance.