Sens. Markey, Brown, Rep. Scott Reintroduce Legislation to Help More Quickly Connect Justice-Involved Populations to Health Care Coverage
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, issued the following news release:
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- Nearly 85 percent of U.S. prisoners either have a prior or present substance use disorder or committed a crime related to substance use
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Within the first two weeks of re-entry, individuals released from correctional facilities are 129 times more likely to die from an opioid overdose than the general population. To help ensure that individual . . .
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- Nearly 85 percent of U.S. prisoners either have a prior or present substance use disorder or committed a crime related to substance use
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Within the first two weeks of re-entry, individuals released from correctional facilities are 129 times more likely to die from an opioid overdose than the general population. To help ensure that individual . . .