Issue Position: Health

Issue Position

The Assembly approved several measures to address the region's opioid overdose epidemic, strengthening parity in coverage of mental health and substance use disorders, requiring insurance coverage for methadone and opioid overdose treatment and better hospital discharge plans for patients with substance abuse disorders, and encouraging more widespread use of the state's electronic prescription drug monitoring program.
Lawmakers prohibited the sale of e-cigarettes to minors.
Legislators approved a bill to establish a licensing process for lactation consultants, thereby facilitating insurance coverage of their service to assist nursing mothers and infants.
A new law requires health care facilities that perform mammograms to notify their patient of dense breast tissue and basic information about breast density.

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