Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, by continuing to segregate substance use disorder records means that we are willing to allow some patients to receive care that is potentially lower quality at a higher cost. Treating patient substance use disorder in isolation from their medical and mental health conditions--which predominated care in the 1970s--is not the standard for good practice today. There is now overwhelming evidence that patients' substance use disorders cannot be treated in isolation from other healthcare conditions. In the 1970s when part 2 was written, this was not widely accepted, and treatment for addiction was largely separate from treatment for other illnesses. Mr. Speaker, further, I would say that the problem here is we need to treat addiction just like any other medical illness and improve our outreach to patients who meet the criteria for treatment. Maintaining a decades old, ineffective confidentiality law simply is not going to do that. I urge my colleagues to support the bill. It is a good bill supported by Mr. Mullin and Mr. Blumenauer. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bost). All time for debate has expired. Pursuant to House Resolution 949, the previous question is ordered on the bill, as amended. The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was read the third time. Motion to Recommit”