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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 />