US HB5506 | 2023-2024 | 118th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on September 14 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-09-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on September 14 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-09-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act and title 10, United States Code, to provide no-cost coverage for the preventive distribution of opioid overdose reversal drugs.
Title
HANDS Act Hospitals As Naloxone Distribution Sites Act
Sponsors
| Rep. Brittany Pettersen [D-CO] | Rep. Kim Schrier [D-WA] | Rep. Nikki Budzinski [D-IL] | Rep. Yadira Caraveo [D-CO] |
| Rep. William Keating [D-MA] | Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ] | Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH] | Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN] |
| Rep. Melanie Stansbury [D-NM] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-15 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
| 2023-09-14 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Armed Services, 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. |
| 2023-09-14 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/5506/all-info |
| Text | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5506/BILLS-118hr5506ih.pdf |
