{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"SAMHSA (Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use)","authority":"42 C.F.R. 8.11(h), 8.12(i)","instrument":"Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 19, 2020): blanket take-home exceptions","title":"Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 (updated Mar. 19, 2020)","end":"Extended Nov. 18, 2021 for one year past the PHE; superseded by the final rule effective Apr. 2, 2024","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2021-11-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["State opioid treatment authorities","opioid treatment programs"],"clause":"FOR ALL STATES The state may request blanket exceptions for all stable patients in an OTP to receive 28 days of Take-Home doses of the patient\u0027s medication for opioid use disorder. The state may request up to 14 days of Take-Home medication for those patients who are less stable but who the OTP believes can safely handle this level of Take-Home medication.","enforcement":"Exemption from 42 C.F.R. 8.12(i) conditions; OTP certification","functions":["CL clinical dosing","FD scheduling","WF workforce (quarantined patients and staff)","CB patients"],"notes":"The instrument SAMHSA\u0027s Nov. 18, 2021 guidance recites as the March 16, 2020 exemption.","sourceUrl":"https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/otp-guidance-20200316.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200402135202/https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/otp-guidance-20200316.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":221429,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026","citation":"SAMHSA (Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 19, 2020): blanket take-home exceptions (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026)","stateName":"","related":[]}