Administration Extends Opioid Emergency Declaration
The extension, scheduled to expire this Tuesday, was
announced by the acting secretary of HHS in a notice posted on the U.S. DHHS
website last Friday. No top officials have yet been named to lead the agencies
combatting the opioid crisis, and according to a report in Politico last week
the administration is proposing a 95% cut in the budget of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy for 2019. No new funding has been proposed to help
states deal with the crisis. The administration has updated guidance on how
states can expand access to inpatient treatment under Medicaid, clarified how
physicians can share information without violating HIPAA, and discussed how the
National Institutes of Health can increase research into non-opioid pain medication.
An HHS spokesperson said of the extension, “This is further
evidence of the Trump administration’s strong, ongoing commitment to addressing
this crisis and protecting the health and well-being of the American people.”
This new declaration is scheduled to expire on April 23, 2018.
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