Recovery Support Initiatives Department of Public Health and strengthen the requirement that all licensed addiction treatment programs accept patients who are on methadone or buprenorphine •Enforce medication a process to certify alcohol and drug-free housing to increase accountability and credibility •Implement revised rates for residential recovery homes, effective July 1, 2015 •Establish community coalitions to address the opioid epidemic •Leverage Recovery High School in Worcester •Open Executive Office of Health and Human Services Create a consistent public behavioral health policy through a review of all DPH and DMH licensing regulations for outpatient • primary care clinics, outpatient mental health clinics, and BSAS programs removing all barriers to integration Ensure MassHealth coverage is reinstated on an accelerated basis for individuals upon release from incarceration • Establish a single point of accountability for addiction and recovery policy within the Executive Office of Health and Human • Services Amend the composition of the Interagency Council on Substance Abuse, Legislation required • Report publicly on the progress and challenges of implementing the working group’s recommendations • Increase federal support for substance use prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery efforts uniquely tailored for our • Veterans, through a partnership with federal leaders complete in progress not in progress 7
Recovery Support Initiatives Department of Public Health •Enforce and strengthen the requirement that all licensed addiction treatment programs accept patients who are on methadone or buprenorphine medication •Implement a process to certify alcohol and drug-free housing to increase accountability and credibility •Establish revised rates for residential recovery homes, effective July 1, 2015 •Leverage community coalitions to address the opioid epidemic •Open Recovery High School in Worcester Executive Office of Health and Human Services • Create a consistent public behavioral health policy through a review of all DPH and DMH licensing regulations for outpatient primary care clinics, outpatient mental health clinics, and BSAS programs removing all barriers to integration • Ensure MassHealth coverage is reinstated on an accelerated basis for individuals upon release from incarceration • Establish a single point of accountability for addiction and recovery policy within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services • Amend the composition of the Interagency Council on Substance Abuse, Legislation required • Report publicly on the progress and challenges of implementing the working group’s recommendations • Increase federal support for substance use prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery efforts uniquely tailored for our Veterans, through a partnership with federal leaders complete in progress not in progress 7