Bill Text: IL HR0501 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Urges the support of the proposed changes to 42 CFR Part 2 to improve communication and exchange of information between all providers of care for people with substance abuse disorder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-10-28 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0501 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HR0501-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
has announced proposed changes to the federal regulations
governing the confidentiality of patient records created by
federally-assisted substance use disorder treatment programs,
known as 42 CFR part 2; and
WHEREAS, The 42 CFR part 2 regulations serve to protect
patient records created by federally-funded programs for the
treatment of substance abuse disorder (SUD); SAMHSA is
currently proposing to revise part 2 to facilitate better
coordination of care for substance use disorders, which will
also enhance care for opioid use disorder (OUD); these
provisions will be an important part of the Federal response to
the opioid epidemic, while maintaining part 2 confidentiality
protections; and
WHEREAS, In these proposed federal regulation changes,
"non-OTP (opioid treatment program) providers will become
eligible to query a central registry, in order to determine
whether their patients are already receiving opioid treatment
through a member program," and "OTPs will be permitted to
enroll in a state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP),
and permitted to report data into the PDMP when prescribing or
dispensing medications on Schedules II to V, consistent with

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applicable state law"; and
WHEREAS, These changes could improve the care of persons
with opioid use disorder because primary care providers could
more easily receive treatment information from other treatment
programs and could utilize the Illinois Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program to see if a patient is receiving methadone
or other controlled substances from an opioid treatment program
(OTP); these changes will help to prevent duplicative
enrollments in SUD care, duplicative prescriptions in SUD
treatment, and adverse drug events related to SUD treatment;
and
WHEREAS, The proposed rule will not alter the basic
framework for confidentiality protection of SUD patient
records created by federally-funded treatment programs; part 2
will continue to prohibit law enforcement use of SUD patient
records in criminal prosecution against the patient; part 2
will also continue to restrict the disclosure of SUD treatment
records without patient consent, other than as statutorily
authorized in the context of a bona fide medical emergency, or
for the purpose of scientific research, audit, or program
evaluation, or based on an appropriate court order for good
cause; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE

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HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we urge the support of the proposed changes to 42 CFR part 2 to
improve communication and exchange of information between all
providers of care for people with substance abuse disorder; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
presented to the members of the Illinois Congressional
Delegation.