November 14, 2024
The MMA, along with nearly 130 other organizations, signed on to a letter on November 12 urging U.S. Congressional leadership to pass bipartisan legislation that expands access to methadone for opioid use disorder (OUD).
The Modernizing Opioid Treatment Access Act (M-OTAA) would expand access to methadone treatment for OUD by “enabling board-certified addiction specialist physicians to prescribe it in their usual clinic settings, utilizing patients’ existing pharmacies, under the oversight of the same federal regulatory bodies that already ensure safety monitoring at OTPs,” the letter to House and Senate leadership said.
Opioid overdoses account for more than 70,000 preventable deaths in America each year.
For more information on the MMA’s efforts to curb the opioid epidemic, click here.
December 4, 2025
On December 4, Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) released its budget forecast for the 2026-27 biennium, showing a short-term budget surplus of $2.5 billion for the current biennium, but warned of a long-term $2.96 billion deficit for the 2028-29 biennium.
December 4, 2025
On December 2, the Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP) released a study on the safety, effectiveness, and public health impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccinations at birth.
December 4, 2025
The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) is now accepting public comments regarding proposed legislation to mandate insurance coverage of certain treatments.