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Senate Committee votes to repeal 2019 law regulating opioid disorder therapies

BY: - April 26, 2023

The Senate Healthcare Committee Wednesday voted to repeal a 2019 law that regulated therapies for opioid addiction. Sen. Larry Stutts, R-Tuscumbia, said in committee Wednesday that “gradual changes in the federal law” stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic meant the law was no longer necessary. SB 239 passed on a voice vote. It moves to the […]