Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 46 - Social services.
46.482 - Coordination of care in substance use overdose.

46.482 Coordination of care in substance use overdose.
(1) In this section:
(a) “Overdose treatment provider” means an entity, including an emergency department of a hospital, that offers treatment or other services to individuals in response to or following a substance use overdose.
(b) “Peer recovery coach” means an individual described under s. 49.45 (30j) (a) 2. who has completed the training requirements specified under s. 49.45 (30j) (b) 4.
(2) The department shall establish and maintain a program to facilitate overdose treatment providers to do all of the following:
(a) Use peer recovery coaches to encourage individuals to seek treatment for a substance use disorder following an overdose.
(b) Provide access to medications to reverse overdose, as appropriate.
(c) Coordinate and continue care and treatment of individuals after an overdose, including through referrals to treatment services, to peer support, to community organizations that support recovery, to education, training, and employment services, to housing services, and to child welfare agencies. An overdose treatment provider may coordinate and continue care and treatment under this paragraph by establishing an integrated model of care for patients who have experienced an overdose that may include assessment, follow-up services, and transportation to and from treatment.
(d) Provide education to patients and families on preventing and reversing an overdose.
(e) Provide follow-up services for patients after overdose to ensure continued recovery and connection to support services.
(f) Collect and evaluate data on the outcomes of patients receiving peer recovery coach services and coordination and continuation of care services under this section.
(3) The department may establish policies and procedures to provide guidance on any of the following:
(a) The provision of medications that reverse an overdose and any other medications or biological products used to treat a substance use disorder.
(b) Continuation of, or referral to, evidence-based treatment services for patients with a substance use disorder who have experienced an overdose, for the purpose of supporting long-term treatment and preventing relapse or future overdoses.
(4) The department shall seek any funding available from the federal government, including grant funding under 42 USC 290dd-4, to establish and maintain the program under sub. (2) or establish the policies and procedures under sub. (3). The department may satisfy the requirement under sub. (2) by encouraging or facilitating or providing funding to programs operated by nongovernmental overdose treatment providers.
History: 2019 a. 122; 2021 a. 240 s. 30.

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