{"id":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029","kind":"context","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"FED-HEALTH-OTHER","eco":"","issuer":"SAMHSA","authority":"42 C.F.R. 8.11(h), 8.12(i)","instrument":"Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance (Nov. 18, 2021)","title":"Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance","dateIssued":"2021-11-18","effective":"Effective upon expiration of the COVID-19 PHE, for one year (superseded by the final rule effective Apr. 2, 2024)","end":"2024-04-02","startDate":"2024-04-02","endDate":"2024-04-02","quarters":[],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["opioid treatment programs","State opioid treatment authorities"],"clause":"On March 16, 2020, SAMHSA issued an exemption to Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) whereby a state could request \u0027a blanket exception for all stable patients in an OTP to receive 28 days of Take-Home doses of the patient\u0027s medication for opioid use disorder.\u0027... Therefore, SAMHSA is pre-emptively granting OTPs an exemption, effective upon the expiration of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, and subject to the conditions identified below, from the unsupervised take-home medication requirements of 42 C.F.R. 8.12(i).","enforcement":"OTP certification conditions","functions":["CL clinical dosing"],"notes":"Post-period instrument saved for its recital that the March 16, 2020 exemption remained in force throughout the emergency and for the continuation it granted.","sourceUrl":"https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/statutes-regulations-guidelines/methadone-guidance","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211118181222/https://www.samhsa.gov/medication-assisted-treatment/statutes-regulations-guidelines/methadone-guidance","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":372879,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER","url":"/library/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029","citation":"SAMHSA, Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance (Nov. 18, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029)","stateName":"","related":[]}