Cover‐up: No patient voices in SAMHSA ‘summary’ of 42 CFR Part 2 NPRM

Abstract

Leaving out the organizations that opposed the federal government's proposal to eliminate the confidentiality protections of 42 CFR Part 2, MITRE, the company contracted to create a “summary” of public comments, has produced a slideshow that relies on two dozen “prominent” organizations. These organizations exclude those that oppose the changes in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on Aug. 26, 2019 (see “SAMHSA proposes significant changes to 42 CFR Part 2,” ADAW, Sept. 9, 2019, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.32473).