Establishes a three-year Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program in New Jersey to evaluate the use of telehealth for opioid treatment.
This bill establishes the Remote Methadone Dosing Pilot Program in the Department of Human Services (DHS). The program aims to increase compliance and reduce costs of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder through remote methadone dosing. The Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services will select one opioid treatment program each from Atlantic City, Camden, and Paterson to participate. Participating programs will use approved online-enabled technology to remotely monitor patients' methadone-based treatment.
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