Amendment ID: S2202-160

Amendment 160

Relative to effective addiction treatment

Mr. Tarr moves to amend the bill by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-

"Section_. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall analyze the current availability of beds of the post-detoxification treatment of addiction, including the number and geographic distribution of such beds and the relevant wait times for a patient to be placed into them.

Based on such analysis, the secretary shall develop a plan to address any current and reasonably foreseeable deficiencies in the number and availability of such treatment beds, so as to maximize the efficiency of addiction treatment through a continuum of care, and to prevent readmission to initial detoxification treatment as a result of the failure of post-acute treatment availability.

Said analysis and plan shall be reported to the clerks of the house and senate, not later than December 31, 2019