US Congress House Bill 2922 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-2)
Status: Introduced on May 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-06-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Fund through FY2024 to fund programs and activities addressing the opioid and substance use epidemic, including Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration demonstration grants; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance, prevention, and treatment programs; Food and Drug Administration support of innovation in non-opioid and nonaddictive medical products for pain treatment; National Institutes of Health research on creating longer-lasting or faster-acting antidotes for opioid overdoses; Health Resources and Services Administration efforts to increase the availability and capacity of the behavioral health workforce; and Administration for Children and Families programs for child abuse prevention and treatment. The bill also extends funding through FY2024 for programs to help states and tribal organizations address substance use prevention and treatment, allows a practitioner to dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment to an increased number of patients under specified conditions, and includes methadone treatment in Medicare coverage.

Respond NOW Act Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act

Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Haley Stevens [D-MI]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. David Trone [D-MD]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Christopher Pappas [D-NH]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Lori Trahan [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Shalala [D-FL]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Jason Crow [D-CO]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]
Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Tom Malinowski [D-NJ]
Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2019-05-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-22	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, the Budget, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2019-05-22	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2922/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2922/BILLS-116hr2922ih.pdf