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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recoverySection 106 › Proposal

The word opioid is struck, so the program is not limited to opioids

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 106, Sec. 106. Written by .

The word opioid is struck, so the program is not limited to opioids

The document says “is amendedWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 106 in the PDF
What the document says

“by striking ``opioid'' each place it appears”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 106

The section strikes the word opioid where it appears in subsections (a), (c) and (d) of section 546 of the Public Health Service Act, and makes matching changes in subsection (f), where the phrase opioid and heroin becomes opioid, heroin, and other drug and opioid overdose becomes overdose.

What the document actually says

“by striking ``opioid'' each place it appears”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 106
That sentence, in plain words

The word opioid is taken out everywhere it shows up. Nothing goes in its place.

What this is about

Taking out that one word widens what the training covers. It is no longer only about one kind of drug.

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