US Congress House Bill 4983 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on April 18 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

To provide information to prescribers in Federally qualified health centers and facilities of the Indian Health Service on best practices for prescribing naloxone. This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide information to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and Indian Health Service facilities on best practices for prescribing naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose) for patients a provider identifies as having an elevated risk of opioid overdose. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.)

To provide information to prescribers in Federally qualified health centers and facilities of the Indian Health Service on best practices for prescribing naloxone.

Rep. Morgan Griffith [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
2016-04-22	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2016-04-18	House	Referred to House Natural Resources
2016-04-18	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2016-04-18	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
2016-04-18	House	Introduced in House

HB5189 (Related) 2016-06-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4983/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4983/BILLS-114hr4983ih.pdf