SUD Crisis

The President should elevate the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), which sits within the White House and oversees U.S. drug and substance use policy across 19 federal departments and agencies, to a cabinet-level position. Congress should also amend ONDCP’s authorizing statute to integrate mental health into the structure of the Office.

Congress should require Medicare and state Medicaid programs to reimburse for Contingency Management.

Congress should pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act (Momnibus 2.0) package, which includes 13 bills to address alarming disparities in Black maternal health.

CMS should require that hospitals and post-acute care facilities provide access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and medications for alcohol use disorder (MAUD) as a condition of participation in Medicare.

Congress should pass the Supporting Farm Workers’ Mental Health Act.

The Department of Veterans Affairs should update its National Formulary to make all clinically appropriate non-opioid therapies available to patients.