WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Gary Peters issued the following press release:
The bipartisan Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act was signed into law to reauthorize federal funding for numerous opioid prevention, education, coverage, and treatment programs to help address the ongoing opioid epidemic that has devastated communities in Michigan and across the country. The legislation includes a provision led by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), based off his Youth Prevention and Recovery Reauthorization Act (https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-peters-bipartisan-provision-to-expand-access-to-opioid-addiction-treatment-for-ad...