House Bill 300: Establish remote treatment of opioid use disorder

Primary Sponsor

Representative Rachel Baker (D-Cincinnati)

Primary Sponsor

Representative Sharon Ray (R-Wadsworth)

HB 300 requires the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (OhioMHAS) to establish a pilot program to provide grant funding for the provision of remote methadone treatment to individuals with opioid use disorder. The bill will also allocate $750,000 in each of FY 2024 and FY 2025 to fund the pilot program.

• Legislation Status

  The Behavior Health Committee held its first hearing on the bill in October 2023.

• Legislation Text

  Read the contents of the legislation, as introduced, here.

• Legislation Testimony

  Read the testimony from the hearing here.