Maine
Federal Government:
Find Your Members of U.S. Congress: HERE
Congressional District Map USA: HERE
Track Federal Opioid Legislation: HERE
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Congressional Delegation :
Senators
Representatives
- Chellie Pingree (ME.-1)
- Jared Golden (ME.-2)
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State Government:
Find Your District/Representatives
Track State Opioid Bills HERE
State Legislative Session Calendar
State Legislature
Office of Legislative Information
100 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
voice: (207) 287-1692
fax: (207) 287-1580
- Senate Member Information
- 3 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0003 - (800) 423-6900
Secretary's Office: (207) 287-1540 - E-mail: webmaster_senate
- House Member Information
- 2 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0002 - (800) 423-2900
Clerk's Office: (207) 287-1400 - E-mail: webmaster_house
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Office of the Governor
Governor Janet Mills
1 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
207-287-3531
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207-626-8800
Burton M Cross Building
Floor 6, Augusta, ME
Consumer Complaints or Questions.
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Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine
www.maine.gov/md
137 State House Station
161 Capitol Street
Augusta, Maine 04333-0143
Telephone: (207) 287-3601
Fax: (207) 287-6590
Executive Director
(207) 287-3605
Email: dennis.e.smith@maine.gov
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Pharmacy Board
Website
Office: 207/624-8686
Fax: 207/624-8666
Email: pharmacy.lic@maine.gov
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Health & Human Services, Department of (DHHS)
207-287-3707711
221 State Street, Augusta, ME
County Health Departments: HERE
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Maine Bureau of Insurance
34 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0034
Phone: (207) 624-8475
Fax: (207) 624-8599
E-Mail: Insurance.PFR@maine.gov
Visit Website: https://www.maine.gov/pfr/insurance/
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Prescribing Information
Current limit: 100 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day, seven-days (acute pain), and 30 days (chronic pain)
First policy: Gov. Paul LePage (R) signed L.D. 1646 into law on April 19, 2016. The law set a seven-day limit on opioid prescriptions for acute pain and a 30-day limit on opioid prescriptions for chronic pain. Under the new law, patients may also not exceed 100 MME per day. In some cases, patients can exceed their prescription limits and MME limits for cases such as cancer pain, hospice and palliative care, and treatment for a substance abuse disorder.[29]
Second policy: Gov. Paul LePage (R) signed LD 1031 on June 16, 2017, which clarified the exceptions to the MME limit in L.D. 1646. The law clarified to medical professionals that patients could receive more than 100 MME per day if they suffered from chronic pain, cancer pain, were under hospice and palliative care, or were in treatment for a substance abuse disorder.[30]
AMA Resources Maine
Website: https://www.end-opioid-epidemic.org/locations/maine/
Maine Opioid Dashboard
Website: http://www.maineseow.com/#/home
Maine's dashboard provides data and information on how opioids have been affecting the state
Joint Rule Chapter 21: Administrative Rule on Pain Management
Pain Management: Government Resources | Maine Medical Association
Maine Medical Association Opioid Law Q&A
What you Need to Know About Maine's New Opioid Prescribing Law
Opioid Law Q & A | Maine Medical Association
LD 1871 Public Law Chapter 407 - An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Address the Opioid Crisis in the State Regarding Respectful Language
Section A-145 (page 72) Pharmacy Law Amended
Laws & Rule Updates
- Opioid Prescription Requirements Guide
- Free Opioid CME
- HHS Guide for Appropriate Tapering of Long-Term Opioid Use
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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LAWS
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- Advisory Ruling - Time Limitations for Controlled Substance Prescriptions - 4-6-2017
- DHHS - PMP Update - Important message from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Message from Attorney General Janet T. Mills on heroin and opioid abuse in Maine
Controlled Substances: PMP: OSA: Maine DHHS - Maine.gov
Maine's controlled substance Prescription Monitoring Program includes drugs that have been classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Schedule II, III, and IV. The Controlled Substances Act (CSA), passed by the U.S. Congress in 1970, established five Schedules.
Table of Contents for Chapter 1603: CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES PRESCRIPTION MONITORING - Maine Legislature
14-118 CMR Chapter 11, Rules Governing the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program and Prescription of Opioid M - Maine.gov
Main Menu - NASCSA
Title 32, §13786-A: Security requirements; rules - Maine Legislature
Jun 13, 2018 · connection with a surgical procedure. • Exception for medication-assisted treatment for substance use disorder. • Exceptions for active and aftercare cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life and ...40 pages·1 MB
Consult a doctor for medical advice
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Palliative Care Definition/Exemption Statute:
"Palliative care" means patient-centered and family-focused medical care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating suffering caused by a medical illness or a physical injury or condition that substantially affects a patient's quality of life, including, but not limited to, addressing physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs; facilitating patient autonomy and choice of care; providing access to information; discussing the patient's goals for treatment and treatment options, including, when appropriate, hospice care; and managing pain and symptoms comprehensively. Palliative care does not always include a requirement for hospice care or attention to spiritual needs.
"Serious illness" means a medical illness or physical injury or condition that substantially affects quality of life for more than a short period of time. "Serious illness" includes, but is not limited to, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, lung disease, cancer, heart, renal or liver failure and chronic, unremitting or intractable pain such as neuropathic pain.
For search terms: "Maine palliative care law exemption and chronic pain "
VERIFY: Can people with chronic pain be exempt from Maine's opioid RX limits? | newscentermaine.com - WCSH Mar 29, 2017 · And the palliative care exemption allows the provider to do that,” Pezullo said. Gordon Smith, an attorney and the executive vice president of the Maine Medical Association agrees that there could be cases where chronic pain could be covered by the palliative care exemption.
'An Act To Clarify the Opioid Medication Prescribing Limits Laws' - Maine Legislature
Whereas, health care providers need clarification of palliative care and serious illness exemptions to the opioid limit of 100 morphine milligram equivalents per day; and. Whereas, surgical procedures routinely require .
128th MAINE LEGISLATURE includes prescribing opioid medication is exempt from the limits on opioid medication. 25 prescribing established ... (2) Palliative For palliative care, as defined in Title 22, section 1726, subsection. 29. 1,
mainequalitycounts.org › 2018/01Caring for ME - Quality Counts
Prescription Monitoring Program and Opioid Prescribing: Maine DHHS Issues Final Rule - Kozak & Gayer, P.A. Individual patients are limited to an aggregate daily level of 100 morphine milligram equivalent (“MME”), unless an exception applies, such as certain prescribing for palliative care. Prescribers may not prescribe more ...
The committee's definition of palliative care and serious illness will share at the hearing. It was questioned if for hospice providers, does the code c exclusion exempt. Would it be reasonable to ask for total code c hospice.
State Resources & Links
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine
Email: info@mclu.org
121 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04101
Phone: (207) 774-5444
Fax: (207) 774-1103
Web: http://www.aclumaine.org/
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Maine Medical Association
Website: https://www.mainemed.com
30 Association Drive, P.O. Box 190, Manchester, Maine 04351
Phone : 207-622-3374 I Fax: 207-622-3332
Email : info@mainemed.com
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Maine Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
John Pier, M.D.
Maine Spine & Rehabilitation
49 Spring Street
Scarborough, ME 04070-6730
Phone: (207) 885-1455
Fax: (207) 510-6012
Email: piermd@yahoo.com
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State Legislative Info
- Session Schedules
- Legislature Control
- Legislative Process
- Bill Crossover Deadlines
- Bill Signing Deadlines
- Bill Effective Dates
Regulatory
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PATIENT RESOURCES:
Find a PAIN SPECIALIST:
FIND UPCOMING EVENTS IN YOUR
STATE HERE
State Opioid Dashboards HERE
Opioid Resources HERE
MORE RESOURCES:
Congressional District Map HERE
State Legislature Websites HERE
Track State opioid legislation HERE
Track Federal Opioid Legislation:
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Disability Resources In Your State
Protection & Advocacy Organization
The Maine state disability protection and advocacy (P&A) agency is Disability Rights Maine (DRM). DRM is part of the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN).
Aging and Disability Resource Centers (ADRC)
ADRCs are the main points of access for long-term supports and services for older adults and people with disabilities, including home health care and assistive technology.
Legal Services Organizations
These organizations provide free legal assistance for low-income individuals, including help with accessing Social Security and Medicaid benefits.
State Medicaid Agency
Learn about and apply for Medicaid services in Maine.
Regional Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Center
Provides information, training, and guidance on disability access and Maine disability services. One of 10 regional centers in the ADA National Network.
Minnesota
Federal Government:
Find Your Members of U.S. Congress: HERE
U.S. Congressional District Map HERE
Track Federal Opioid Legislation: HERE
Minnesota Congressional Delegation :
Senators
Representatives
- Jim Hagedorn (MINN.-1)
- Angie Craig (MINN.-2)
- Dean Phillips (MINN.-3)
- Betty McCollum (MINN.-4)
- Ilhan Omar (MINN.-5)
- Tom Emmer (MINN.-6)
- Michelle Fischbach (MINN.-7)
- Pete Stauber (MINN.-8)
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State Government:
Find Your District/Representatives HERE
State Legislative District Map HERE
State Legislative Session Calendar
Contact a legislative librarian:
- (651) 296-8338 or Email
- Phone Numbers
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR
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Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
75 Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155
Telephone: 651-201-3400
Toll Free: 800-657-3717
Fax: 651-797-1850
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Secretary of State
Metro Area: 651-215-1440
Greater MN: 1-877-600-VOTE (8683)
Email: secretary.state@state.mn.us
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Office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul, MN 55101-2131
Twin Cities Calling Area:
(651) 296-3353
Outside the Twin Cities:
(800) 657-3787
email at Attorney.General@ag.state.mn.us
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Minnesota Board of Medical Practice
2829 University Avenue SE, Suite 500
Minneapolis, MN 55414-3246
Phone: (612) 617-2130
Fax: (612) 617-2166
Email: Medical.Board@state.mn.us
Board Information
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Minnesota Board of Pharmacy
2829 University Avenue SE, Suite #530
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (651) 201-2825
Fax: (612) 617-2262
Email: pharmacy.board@state.mn.us
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Minnesota Department of Health
P.O. Box 64975
St. Paul, MN 55164-0975
Phone: 651-201-5000
Phone Numbers of Sections/Program/Units of the Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota E-Government Accessibility/Usability Comment Form.
County Health Departments: HERE
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Minnesota Insurance Commissioner
Main Office, Golden Rule Building
85 7th Place East
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101
651-539-1500 (local)
651-539-1600 (complaints)
Email: consumer.protection@state.mn.us
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Prescribing Information
- Current limit: Four-day limit (acute dental or ophthalmic pain)
- Policy: Gov. Mark Dayton (D) signed SF 2a into law on May 30, 2017. The legislation limits opioid prescriptions for acute dental or refractive surgery pain to four-days.[35
Pain, Opioids and Addiction Lecture Series:
https://www.mnmed.org/advocacy/Key-Issues/prescription-opioids-lecture-series
AMA Resources Minnesota
https://www.end-opioid-epidemic.org/locations/minnesota/
Minnesota Opioid Dashboard
Minnesota's dashboard provides statewide data related to opioid use, misuse, and overdose death prevention
- Chronic Pain Treatment Guidelines
- Substance Use Disorder: Referral and Treatment Options
- Opioids and Women
- Tapering Opioids
- Opioid Guidelines
CHAPTER 152. DRUGS; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/152
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Medical Association Prescription Opioid Task Force
Minnesota Opioid Prescribing Rules
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ACLU of Minnesota
Email: support@aclu-mn.org
2300 Myrtle Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55114
Phone: (651) 645-4097
Fax: (651) 647-5948
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Minnesota Medical Association
Website: https://www.mnmed.org
1300 Godward St. NE, Suite 2500,
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone : (612) 378-1875 I Fax: (612) 378-3875
Email : mma@mnmed.org
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State Legislative Resources
Legislative
- Legislature Links
- Session Schedules
- Legislature Control
- Legislative Process
- Bill Crossover Deadlines
- Bill Signing Deadlines
- Bill Effective Dates
- Budget Timetable
- Governors
Regulatory
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PATIENT RESOURCES:
Find a PAIN SPECIALIST:
FIND UPCOMING EVENTS IN YOUR
STATE HERE
State Opioid Dashboards HERE
Opioid Resources HERE
MORE RESOURCES:
Congressional District Map HERE
State Legislature Websites HERE
Track State opioid legislation HERE
Track Federal Opioid Legislation:
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