An Act To Repeal the 2-year Limit on M,~thadone and Suboxone Treatments under MaineCare
Maine Legislature, Session 126, LD 0951
Committee Amendment CA_B_H560 (House)

F1RST REGULAR SESSION 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT :B" to H.P. 664, L.D. 951, Bill, "An Act To 
Repeal the 2-year Limit on M,~thadone and Suboxone Treatments under MaineCare" 
Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following: 
'Resolve, Requiring the Department of Health and Human Services To Provide 
Methadone Clinic Data' 
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the title and before the summary and 
inserting the following: 
'Sec. 1. Office of substance abuse and mental health services within the 
Department of Health and Human Services to provide methadone clinic data. 
Resolved: That the office of substance abuse and mental health services within the 
Department of Health and Human Services shall provide a report of data from 2009 to 
2013 from methadone clinic; in this State. The report must be provided to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Health and Human Services no later than January 1,2014. The 
report must include, but is not limited to, the following data: 
1. The number of clients at the clinics; 
2. The number of clients receiving take-home doses of methadone; 
3. 
The average doses of methadone for clients given at the clinic and clients 
receiving take-home doses; 
4. 
The range of doses of methadone for clients given at the clinic and clients 
receiving take-home doses; 
5. The incidence of tapering dosage, including any changes in tapering resulting 
from the enactment of a lifetime 2-year cap pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 
22, section 3174-VV; 
6. The frequency of drug use in the past 30 days by clients at the clinics; 
7. The number of arrests in the past 30 days of clients at the clinics; 
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8. The number of clients discharged and reasons for those discharges; and 
9. The number of deaths of clients.' 
SUMMARY 
This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, requires the office of 
substance abuse and mental health services within the Department of Health and Human 
Services to prepare a report using data from 2009 to 2013 from methadone clinics in this 
State. The report must be submitted to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services no later than January 1, 2014. The report must include, but is not 
limited to, data on the number of clients at the clinics, the number of clients receiving at-
home doses of methadone, the average doses and range of doses of methadone received 
by clients both at the clinic and receiving at-homes doses, the incidence of tapering of the 
dosage, including any changes in tapering resulting from the enactment of a lifetime limit 
of 2 years, the frequency of drug use and the number of arrests in the last 30 days of 
clients at the clinics, the number of clients discharged and the reasons for the discharges 
and the number of deaths of clients. 
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED 
(See attached) 
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 
Approved: 06/17/13 
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LD951 
LR 1577(03) 
An Act To Repeal the 2-year Limit on Methadone and Suboxone Treatments under MaineCare 
Fiscal Note for Bill as Amended by Committee Amendment 13 { H -SbO) 
Committee: Health and Human Services 
Fisl~al Note Required: Yes 
Fiscal Note 
Minor cost increase - General Fund 
Fiscal Detail and Notes 
The additional cost to the Department of Health and Human Services to report on methadone clinic data is expected to 
be minor and can be absorbed utilizing existing budgeted resources. 
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