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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="8-1101" title_number="8" title_name="Substance Use Disorders Law" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Opioid Addiction Treatment Prescribers">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Health care facility” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A hospital;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A federally qualified health center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>An outpatient mental health clinic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>An outpatient or residential addiction treatment provider; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>A local health department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Opioid addiction treatment medication” means a medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid use disorders.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Each health care facility that is not part of a health care system and each health care system shall make available to patients the services of health care providers who are trained and authorized under federal law to prescribe opioid addiction treatment medications, including buprenorphine–containing formulations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To comply with subsection (b) of this section, a health care facility or a health care system may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Directly employ, contract with, or refer a patient to a health care provider who is trained and authorized under federal law to prescribe opioid addiction treatment medications, including buprenorphine–containing formulations; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Deliver the services in person or, if appropriate, through telehealth.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
