Jessie: Law

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Introduced by Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, Jessie’s Law was designed to prevent similar preventable deaths. It was eventually included in the 2018 omnibus spending bill and signed into law. jessie law

: Information regarding addiction history is only shared if the patient provides explicit consent. AI responses may include mistakes

: The law requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish best practices for prominently displaying a patient’s history of opioid use disorder in their medical records, similar to how a life-threatening drug allergy is flagged. jessie law