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OPIOID ABATEMENT STRATEGIES <br /> PART ONE: TREATMENT <br /> A. TREAT OPIOID USE DISORDER(OUD) <br /> Support treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and any co-occurring Substance Use <br /> Disorder or Mental Health (SUD/MH) conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction through <br /> evidence-based, evidence-informed, or promising programs or strategies that may include, <br /> but are not limited to,the following: <br /> 1. Expand availability of treatment for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, <br /> co-usage, and/or co-addiction, including all forms of Medication-Assisted Treatment <br /> (MAT) approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. <br /> 2. Support and reimburse services that include the full American Society of Addiction <br /> Medicine (ASAM) continuum of care for OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH <br /> conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction, including but not limited to: <br /> a. Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT); <br /> b. Abstinence-based treatment; <br /> c. Treatment, recovery, or other services provided by states, subdivisions, <br /> community health centers; non-for-profit providers; or for-profit providers; <br /> d. Treatment by providers that focus on OUD treatment as well as treatment by <br /> providers that offer OUD treatment along with treatment for other SUD/MH <br /> conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction; or <br /> e. Evidence-informed residential services programs,as noted below. <br /> 3. Expand telehealth to increase access to treatment for OUD and any co-occurring <br /> SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction, including MAT, as well as <br /> counseling, psychiatric support, and other treatment and recovery support services. <br /> 4. Improve oversight of Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) to assure evidence-based, <br /> evidence-informed, or promising practices such as adequate methadone dosing. <br /> 5. Support mobile intervention, treatment, and recovery services, offered by qualified <br /> professionals and service providers, such as peer recovery coaches, for persons with <br /> OUD and any co-occurring SUD/MH conditions, co-usage, and/or co-addiction and <br /> for persons who have experienced an opioid overdose. <br /> 6. Support treatment of mental health trauma resulting from the traumatic experiences of <br /> the opioid user(e.g., violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or adverse childhood <br /> experiences) and family members (e.g., surviving family members after an overdose <br /> 1 <br />