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In June 2016, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD) of
the Minnesota Department of Human Services convened
a core stakeholder workgroup for the first of five 3-hour work sessions to continue efforts to modernize Minnesota’s
substance use disorder (SUD) treatment system. The workgroup incorporated and
built on the recommendations of the 2013
Legislative Report: Minnesota’s Model of Care for Substance Use Disorder
and the input collected in the fall 2015 ADAD listening sessions.
We were excited to have 20 members in the core stakeholder
workgroup representing consumers/families, Tribal Nations, counties, providers,
health plans, hospitals, prevention, problem gambling, culturally-specific
providers and recovery care organizations.
A fiscal stakeholder workgroup has been convened and had its
first meeting on August 12, 2016, this workgroup will make recommendations
related to funding, including who will be responsible to pay for what.
MN’s Plan for the Prevention, Treatment and Recovery of
Addiction reflects ADADs current policy recommendations following
the stakeholder engagement and ADAD’s review of the discussions and feedback
provided by stakeholders. Some of the
policy recommendations require legislative action and some are within ADAD’s
existing authority.
It is our hope that this is an important step in an ongoing
collaboration with all entities that are affected by, pay for, or provide
addiction services that will result in a reform package that will become a
watershed moment for the citizens of Minnesota.
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