Rep. Tonko Cheers Long Overdue Reforms Expanding Access to Life-Saving Addiction Treatment
April 28, 2021
April 28, 2021
AMSTERDAM, New York, April 28 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release on April 27, 2021:
Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered news today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release new practice guidelines that scale back the so-called "x-waiver" and allow practitioners to more easily prescribe buprenorphine--a proven effective opioid addiction treatment--to patients. Tonko has long fought to remove this outdated barrie . . .
Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered news today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release new practice guidelines that scale back the so-called "x-waiver" and allow practitioners to more easily prescribe buprenorphine--a proven effective opioid addiction treatment--to patients. Tonko has long fought to remove this outdated barrie . . .