| R 409 |
| 2015 -- S 1012 Enacted 06/23/2015 |
| 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 |
| 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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