2015 -- S 1012

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND HOSPITALS

INCLUDE RHODE ISLAND BEST PRACTICES IN MEDICAID REFORM EFFORTS FOR

OPIOID TREATMENT PROGRAMS.

     Introduced By: Senators Satchell, Miller, Goldin, Ottiano, and Pichardo

     Date Introduced: June 23, 2015

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, The Health Home model opioid treatment program (OTP) results and

impacts should be recognized, and successful practices should be supported on a going forward

basis; and

     WHEREAS, Workforce development investments should include training designed to

enhance the knowledge and skills of practitioners who are members of the OTP Health Home

team; and

     WHEREAS, It is important to the treatment community that the existing patient acuity

model be utilized to determine person-centered care coordination efforts, staffing models, and

reimbursement rates; and

     WHEREAS, Levels of care within the existing patient acuity model should be defined

and agreed upon by stakeholders, including the opioid treatment program providers; and

     WHEREAS, Staffing models and reimbursement rates should be designed with input

from the opioid treatment programs; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human

Services and the Director of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental

Disabilities and Hospitals include Rhode Island best practices in Medicaid reform efforts for

opioid treatment programs; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the Executive Office of Health

and Human Services and the Director of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare,

Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals.

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