On Wednesday, July 12, NASADAD wrote a letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Health Chairman Representative Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2) and Ranking Member Anna Eshoo (D-CA-16) in support of H.R. 4092, “The Protecting Moms and Infants Reauthorization Act.” The legislation would reauthorize the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)/Center of Substance Abuse Treatment’s (CSAT) Pregnant and Postpartum Women’s (PPW) program for an additional five years.

The PPW program consists of the PPW Residential Services Program (PPW-R) and the PPW State Pilot (PPW-PLT) program. The PPW-R directs funding to support a comprehensive, family-centered approach to residential substance use disorder treatment and recovery services to pregnant and post-partum women, their minor children, and other family members. The PPW State Pilot (PPW-PLT) works to increase the accessibility and availability of comprehensive, family centered services for pregnant women in non-residential settings.

The bill is sponsored by Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3) and Young Kim (R-CA-40).

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As the nation continues to experience record high tragic deaths from opioid overdose, access to high quality treatment using medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) is critical. The State Opioid Treatment Authority (SOTA) plays a key role in providing oversight and support to the opioid treatment programs (OTPs) that use methadone and other Food and Drug Administration-approved medications and provide counseling and other services to individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD). NASADAD worked with SOTAs across the nation to develop a document that summarizes the core and common duties and responsibilities of their role, with input from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the NASADAD Board of Directors. The document below provides a summary of this document.

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