Minnesota Laws

Requirements for Licensure and Operations of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Question:

What types of services is an OTP required to provide?

Answer:
  • Behavioral health
  • Counseling
  • Education
  • Housing assistance
This answer is derived from 5 section of law
Citation:
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    (1) individual and group counseling to help the client identify and address needs related to substance use and develop strategies to avoid harmful substance use after discharge and to help the client obtain the services necessary to establish a lifestyle free of the harmful effects of substance use disorder; see full law
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    (vi) life skills advocacy and support accessing treatment follow-up, disease management, and education services, including referral and linkages to long-term services and supports as needed; and see full law
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    (iv) facilitation of referrals to mental health services as identified by a client's comprehensive assessment or treatment plan; see full law
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    (v) assistance with referrals to economic assistance, social services, housing resources, and prenatal care according to the client's needs; see full law
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    (a) The program must offer at least 50 consecutive minutes of individual or group therapy treatment services as defined in section 245G.07, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), per week, for the first ten weeks following the day of service initiation, and at least 50 consecutive minutes per month thereafter. As clinically appropriate, the program may offer these services cumulatively and not consecutively in increments of no less than 15 minutes over the required time period, and for a total of 60 minutes of treatment services over the time period, and must document the reason for providing services cumulatively in the client's record. The program may offer additional levels of service when deemed clinically necessary. see full law