Responding to Disruptions in Access to Opioid Prescriptions: A Guide for State Health Departments and Their Partners
November 30, 2022
Responding to Disruptions in Access to Opioid Prescriptions: A Guide for State Health Departments (2022) builds upon the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ (ASTHO) 2020 document Responding to Pain Clinic Closures: A Guide for State Health Departments. This updated guidebook reflects the current state and federal landscape regarding disruptions, shares updated recommendations on strategies states might use to mitigate risks to patients affected by a disruption, and includes additional state examples. These updates are informed by the CDC’s Opioid Rapid Response Program (ORRP) and states’ coordinated responses to ORRP notifications since the program was formally established in late 2020, as well as tabletop preparedness exercises ASTHO has conducted with states.