US Congress Senate Bill 2977 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Introduced on May 24 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a one cent per milligram excise tax on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The tax excludes prescription drugs used exclusively for the treatment of opioid addiction as part of a medically assisted treatment effort. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to provide rebates or discounts to cancer and hospice patients to ensure that they do not pay the tax. The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require any increase in federal revenues from the tax after rebates and discounts are subtracted to be distributed to states under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program to be used exclusively for substance abuse (including opioid abuse) efforts in the states, including specified treatment programs. HHS must report to Congress on the impact of this bill on the retail cost of opioids and patient access to opioid medication, the effectiveness of the discount or rebate for cancer and hospice patients, how the funds are being used to improve substance abuse treatment efforts, and suggestions for improving access to opioids for cancer and hospice patients and substance abuse treatment efforts.

Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-05-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2977/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s2977/BILLS-114s2977is.pdf