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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="8-407" title_number="8" title_name="Substance Use Disorders Law" subtitle_number="4">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Department shall identify up–to–date, evidence–based, written information about opioid use disorder that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Has been reviewed by medical experts and national and local organizations specializing in the treatment of opioid use disorder;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is designed for use by health care providers and individuals with opioid use disorder and their families;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Is culturally and linguistically appropriate for potential recipients of the information; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Includes information addressing:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The signs and symptoms of opioid use disorder;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The risks associated with untreated opioid use disorder;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Appropriate clinical treatment for opioid use disorder, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Counseling services; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>All medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Appropriate use of overdose reversal agents;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>Appropriate support services, including:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Peer fellowship and support groups, such as Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Community–based services; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Residential or recovery housing services; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>Appropriate treatments for pain that may be used to reduce or replace opioid medication treatments for chronic pain.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Department shall provide the information identified by the Department under subsection (a) of this section to health care facilities and health care providers that provide treatment for opioid use disorder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A health care facility or health care provider shall make the information available to each patient treated by the facility or provider for opioid use disorder.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
