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Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery › Section 111 › Proposal

The guidance must cover standards, instructions, best practices and provider roles

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, section 111, Sec. 111. Written by .

The guidance must cover standards, instructions, best practices and provider roles

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 111 in the PDF
What the document says

“recommended standards for effective at-home drug disposal systems to meet applicable requirements enforced by the Food and Drug Administration”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 111

The section requires the guidance to include recommended standards for effective systems, recommended instructions for use, best practices and educational tools supporting their use, and recommended use of licensed health providers to hand out the education, instruction and systems.

What the document actually says

“recommended standards for effective at-home drug disposal systems to meet applicable requirements enforced by the Food and Drug Administration”

To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, and for other purposes, Sec. 111
That sentence, in plain words

The advice must say what makes a system work well. It must meet the rules the drug agency enforces.

What this is about

The advice must also cover three more things. It must suggest what the label should say. It must give best ways to teach people. It must say when a doctor or nurse should hand the system out.

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    Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, Public Law 119-44, sec. 111, 139 Stat. 678 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ44/html/PLAW-119publ44.htm

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    “The guidance must cover standards, instructions, best practices and provider roles,” Reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery, section 111, Sec. 111. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/pl-119-44/proposal/sec111-contents/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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