Support legislation to permanently authorize nurse practitioners and physician assistants to prescribe medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorders.

I rise to support the bill, but also to suggest this small change that I think will dramatically increase the effectiveness of the treatment that the bill enables.

King backed the opioid treatment bill and urged that it be amended to permanently let nurse practitioners and physician assistants prescribe medication-assisted treatment.

On Senate Floor, King Speaks in Support of Expanding Base of Opioid Treatment Professionals
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