US Congress Senate Bill 524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 22 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-22 - Became Public Law No: 114-198. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016 Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016 Lali's Law National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015 Nurturing And Supporting Healthy Babies Act or the NAS Healthy Babies Act Opioid Program Evaluation Act or the OPEN Act Opioid Review Modernization Act of 2016 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act Promoting Responsible Opioid Management and Incorporating Scientific Expertise Act or the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 Short Titles - Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 TITLE I--PREVENTION AND EDUCATION (Sec. 101) This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to convene a Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force to review best practices for pain management developed or adopted by federal agencies. The task force must propose updates to best practices and recommendations for addressing gaps or inconsistencies. (Sec. 102) HHS must advance education and awareness regarding the risk of abuse of prescription opioids if they are not taken as prescribed. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as certain pain medications and heroin.) (Sec. 103) The Office of National Drug Control Policy, in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, may award grants to implement community-wide strategies to address a high rate of, or sudden increase in, opioid or methamphetamine abuse or a sudden increase in opioid-related deaths. (Sec. 104) HHS must report on the availability of information regarding the prescription of opioids after youth sports injury, including information on opioid use and misuse, injury treatments that do not involve opioids, and treatment for opioid addiction. The report must determine the extent this information is available to teenagers and adolescents who play youth sports, their families, youth sports groups, and health care providers. Taking into consideration the findings of the report, HHS may facilitate the development of such information. (Sec. 105) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require HHS to award grants to states to: (1) streamline state requirements and procedures to assist certain veterans to meet state certification, licensure, and other requirements applicable to civilian health care professions; and (2) develop or expand career pathways at institutions of higher education to support veterans in meeting such requirements. (Sec. 106) This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to refer new drug applications for opioids to an advisory committee before approval, unless the FDA finds that such a referral is scientifically unnecessary and not in the interest of protecting and promoting public health and the FDA notifies Congress of its rationale. The FDA must convene an advisory committee on labeling opioids for pediatric use before approving any such labeling. As part of its evaluation of the Extended-Release/Long-Acting Opioid Analgesics Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, the FDA must develop recommendations regarding education programs for prescribers of opioids. The FDA must finalize the draft guidance entitled "General Principles for Evaluating the Abuse Deterrence of Generic Solid Oral Opioid Drug Products." (Sec. 107) HHS must award grants to expand access to drugs or devices approved by the FDA for emergency treatment of opioid overdose (e.g., naloxone). Grant recipients may use the funds to purchase such treatments, establish a program for prescribing such treatments, train health care providers and pharmacists, offset patient cost sharing, and connect patients to treatment. HHS may provide information to prescribers in federally qualified health centers and Indian Health Service facilities on best practices for prescribing such treatments. The Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs may provide such information to prescribers in their medical facilities. (Sec. 108) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) may intensify and coordinate NIH research into the understanding of pain, therapies for chronic pain, and alternatives to opioids for pain treatments. The prioritization and direction of federally funded pain research must consider recommendations made by the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee. (Sec. 109) The grant program for state prescription drug monitoring programs is extended through FY2021 and revised, including to: allow grants to be used to maintain and operate existing state prescription drug monitoring programs, require HHS to redistribute any returned funds among the remaining grantees, require a state to provide HHS with aggregate data to enable HHS to evaluate the success of the state's program, and expand the program to include any commonwealth or territory of the United States. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), HHS, a state Medicaid program, a state health department, or a state substance abuse agency receiving nonidentifiable information from a prescription drug monitoring database for research purposes may make that information available to other entities for research purposes. A state receiving a grant must: (1) facilitate prescriber and dispenser use of the state's prescription drug monitoring system, and (2) educate prescribers and dispensers on the benefits of the system both to them and society. (Sec. 110) HHS must make grants to states that allow standing orders (documents that allow a person to acquire, dispense, or administer a prescription medication without a person-specific prescription) for drugs or devices for emergency treatment of opioid overdose (e.g., naloxone). Grants may be used for: implementing strategies for pharmacists to dispense such treatments pursuant to a standing order, encouraging pharmacies to dispense such treatments pursuant to a standing order, developing or providing training materials for prescribers to use in educating the public on administration of such treatments, and educating the public on the availability of such treatments. States must report on pharmacies that dispense such treatments under a standing order. TITLE II--LAW ENFORCEMENT AND TREATMENT (Sec. 201) This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to state, local, and tribal governments to provide opioid abuse services, including: developing, implementing, or expanding a treatment alternative to incarceration program; enhancing collaboration between criminal justice and substance abuse agencies; developing, implementing, or expanding programs to prevent, treat, or respond to opioid abuse; training first responders to administer opioid overdose treatments; and investigating unlawful opioid distribution activities. This bill amends the Justice Assistance Act of 1984 to eliminate existing authority for DOJ to award grants under the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance Program through FY2021. The Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program is expanded to include prison-based family treatment programs for pregnant women. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on how federal grant programs address substance use and substance use disorders among adolescents and young adults. (Sec. 202) HHS must make grants to states, local governmental entities, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations to enable first responders and others to administer drugs or devices for emergency treatment of opioid overdose. Grants may be used to make such treatments available, train first responders and others on the use of such treatments, and establish processes to refer individuals receiving treatment to follow-up care. (Sec. 203) DOJ must coordinate with law enforcement agencies, pharmacies, distributors of prescription medications, and others to expand or make available disposal sites for unwanted prescription medications. TITLE III--TREATMENT AND RECOVERY (Sec. 301) HHS must provide support to state substance abuse agencies, units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes and tribal organizations that have a high rate of, or a rapid increase in, use of opioids to expand treatment of addiction in the areas affected. (Sec. 302) HHS must award grants to enable recovery community organizations to develop, expand, and enhance substance use disorder recovery services. A recovery community organization is a nonprofit organization governed by people in recovery for substance use disorders that mobilizes resources to increase the prevalence and quality of long-term recovery. (Sec. 303) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise the qualifications required for a practitioner to administer, dispense, or prescribe narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment in an office-based opioid treatment program. The bill expands qualifying practitioners to include licensed nurse practitioners and physician assistants who have expertise and prescribe medications for opioid use disorder in collaboration with or under the supervision of a qualifying physician if state law requires physician oversight of prescribing authority. Qualifying practitioners must comply with reporting requirements and have the capacity to provide all FDA-approved drugs for opioid use disorder and other ancillary services. HHS may change the maximum patient limit for qualifying practitioners. HHS must update the treatment improvement protocol containing best practice guidelines for the treatment of opioid-dependent patients in office-based settings. TITLE IV--ADDRESSING COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES (Sec. 401) The GAO must report on the collateral consequences for individuals with convictions for nonviolent drug-related offenses, including the effect of those consequences on individuals resuming their personal and professional activities and the justifications for imposing those consequences. Collateral consequences are penalties or disadvantages imposed on such individuals by law, an administrative agency, or a court, not including consequences imposed at sentencing. TITLE V--ADDICTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR WOMEN, FAMILIES, AND VETERANS (Sec. 501) Support for residential substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women is expanded to include outpatient treatment and extended through FY2021. Such programs must provide services to the children of participants, including therapeutic, comprehensive child care. Priority for support must be given to programs serving rural areas, health professional shortage areas, or areas with a shortage of family-based substance use disorder treatment options. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must carry out a pilot program to make grants to state substance abuse agencies to support services for pregnant and postpartum women who have a primary diagnosis of a substance use disorder, including opioid use disorders. The Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality must evaluate the pilot program. (Sec. 502) DOJ may award grants to state, local, and tribal governments to establish or expand programs for veterans, including veterans treatment courts, peer-to-peer services, and treatment, rehabilitation, legal, or transitional services for incarcerated veterans. (Sec. 503) This bill amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require the national clearinghouse for information relating to child abuse to maintain and disseminate information about requirements and best practices relating to the development of plans of safe care for infants born affected by substance abuse symptoms, withdrawal symptoms, or a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. The plan of safe care for such infants that is required for a state to receive a grant to improve its child protective services system must: (1) address the health and substance use disorder treatment needs of the infant and affected family or caregiver, and (2) specify a system for monitoring whether and in what manner local entities are providing services in accordance with state requirements. Annual state data reports must include the number of such infants, the number for whom a plan of safe care was developed, and the number for whom referrals are made for services, including services for the affected family or caregiver. HHS must monitor state compliance with child protective services system grant requirements. (Sec. 504) The GAO must report on: the prevalence of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which is the symptoms of withdrawal in a newborn; NAS treatment services for which coverage is available under state Medicaid programs; the care settings and reimbursement for NAS treatment; the prevalence of use of various care settings for NAS treatment under state Medicaid programs; any federal barriers to treating infants with NAS under state Medicaid programs; what is known about best practices for treating infants with NAS; and its recommendations for improvements that will ensure access to NAS treatment under state Medicaid programs. TITLE VI--INCENTIVIZING STATE COMPREHENSIVE INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS PRESCRIPTION OPIOID ABUSE (Sec. 601) HHS must award grants to establish and implement a comprehensive state and local response to opioid abuse that includes education efforts, a prescription drug monitoring program, prescription drug and opioid addiction treatment programs, and overdose death prevention efforts. HHS must give priority to entities that: (1) provide civil liability protection for first responders, health professionals, or family members who are trained in administering an opioid overdose treatment; (2) enroll incarcerated drug offenders in community-based treatment services prior to reentry; (3) ensure that data from their prescription drug monitoring program can be shared with other states and is regularly updated; and (4) maximize use of prescription drug monitoring programs and ensure programs notify prescribers and dispensers of suspected abuse of controlled substances by patients. TITLE VII--MISCELLANEOUS (Sec. 701) Each fiscal year, DOJ's Office of the Inspector General must audit a number of opioid abuse services grant recipients. Grant recipients with unresolved audit findings are not eligible to receive grant funds for two years. Nonprofit organizations that hold money in offshore accounts to avoid tax liability may not receive grant funds. DOJ and HHS must each enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences or a nonfederal entity to evaluate the effectiveness of grants pertaining to opioid abuse established by this bill. The bill limits expenditures for conferences under these grants. (Sec. 702) This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a pharmacist to partially fill a prescription for a schedule II controlled substance (such as an opioid) if: (1) such partial fills are not prohibited by state law, (2) a partial fill is requested by the patient or prescribing practitioner, and (3) the total quantity dispensed in partial fillings does not exceed the quantity prescribed. (Sec. 703) The GAO must report on the Office of National Drug Control Policy's review of state and local Good Samaritan laws that exempt from criminal or civil liability any individual who administers an opioid overdose reversal drug or device (e.g., naloxone) or who contacts emergency services providers in response to an overdose. (Sec. 704) This bill amends part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to authorize prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to establish a drug management program for beneficiaries at-risk for prescription drug abuse. PDP sponsors with drug management programs must provide to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) data on limitations imposed on beneficiaries and data to identify patterns of drug use that may indicate fraudulent, medically unnecessary, or unsafe use. PDP sponsors must have in place a utilization management tool designed to prevent the abuse and diversion of frequently abused drugs. Medicare drug integrity contractors (MEDICs) may accept an individual's prescription and necessary medical records from pharmacies, PDPs, and physicians in order to provide information relevant to determining whether the individual is an at-risk beneficiary. The Inspector General of HHS must study the effectiveness of MEDICs in identifying, combating, and preventing Medicare fraud. Funds are made available to the Medicare Improvement Fund for services provided during and after FY2021. (Sec. 705) This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the SSAct to exclude abuse-deterrent prescription drugs from the requirement that manufacturers of single-source or innovator drugs pay additional rebates to state Medicaid programs. (Sec. 706) Under current law, the CMS must use analytic technologies to identify improper Medicaid claims. The bill prohibits a state agency from using or disclosing such technologies except for purposes of administering a state Medicaid program or Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). State agencies must have adequate data security and control policies to ensure that access to such information is restricted to authorized persons for authorized uses. (Sec. 707) The bill places $5 million in the Medicaid Improvement Fund to be available beginning in FY2021. TITLE VIII--KINGPIN DESIGNATION IMPROVEMENT (Sec. 801) This bill amends the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act to allow classified information to be submitted to a reviewing court ex parte (without all parties present) or in camera (in private) in a judicial review of a determination by the President that a foreign person is subject to sanctions as a significant foreign narcotics trafficker. TITLE IX--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Jason Simcakoski Memorial and Promise Act Subtitle A--Opioid Therapy and Pain Management (Sec. 911) This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to expand its Opioid Safety Initiative to include all VA medical facilities. The VA must direct its health care providers, before initiating opioid therapy, to use the VA's Opioid Therapy Risk Report tool, which must include: (1) information from state prescription drug monitoring programs, (2) a patient's most recent information, and (3) information on controlled substances prescribed to a patient outside the VA. The VA must establish enhanced standards for urine drug tests before and during opioid therapy to help prevent substance abuse, dependence, and diversion. The VA must use the Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management Training Team Program to provide education and training on pain management and safe opioid prescribing practices. Each VA medical facility must designate a pain management team of health care professionals to coordinate pain management therapy for patients experiencing pain that is not related to cancer. VA health care providers to must provide information on prescriptions of controlled substances received by veterans to state prescription drug monitoring programs. The VA must: (1) maximize the availability to veterans of opioid overdose reversal drugs, such as naloxone; (2) equip each VA pharmacy with such medications for outpatient use; and (3) expand the Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution program to ensure that veterans receiving VA health care who are at risk of opioid overdose may access such drugs and training on the proper administration of such drugs. The VA must modify its patient record system to ensure that health care providers who access a veteran's record will be immediately notified about whether the veteran is receiving opioid therapy, has a history of substance use disorder or overdose, or is at risk of developing an opioid use disorder. (Sec. 912) The VA and the Department of Defense (DOD) must ensure that the VA/DOD Pain Management Working Group: (1) includes a focus on specified practices, (2) coordinates with other working groups, (3) consults with other federal agencies, and (4) and consults with the VA and DOD regarding proposed updates to the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. The VA and DOD must update the VA/DOD Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain. (Sec. 913) The GAO must report on the VA's Opioid Safety Initiative and the opioid prescribing practices of VA health care providers. The VA must report on opioid therapy and prescription rates for VA patients and notify Congress and investigate if a provider's or facility's prescription rate is inconsistent with safe care standards. (Sec. 914) The bill makes mandatory the disclosure by the VA of certain information to a state prescription drug monitoring program in order to prevent misuse of prescription medicines by a veteran or dependent. (Sec. 915) Veterans at high risk of an opioid overdose are exempt from paying a copayment to the VA for opioid overdose treatments. Veterans are exempt from paying a copayment to the VA for education on the use of such treatments. Subtitle B--Patient Advocacy (Sec. 921) At least once every 90 days, each VA medical facility must host a public meeting on improving health care furnished by the VA. Community-based VA outpatient clinics must host such meetings at least once every year. (Sec. 922) Not more than 90 days after enactment of this bill, the VA must display: (1) the purposes of the Patient Advocacy Program and patient advocate contact information at VA medical facilities, and (2) the rights and responsibilities of patients and family members at medical and residential facilities. (Sec. 923) The GAO must report on the Patient Advocacy Program and include an assessment of staffing, staff training, and awareness and use of the program. (Sec. 924) The Office of Patient Advocacy is established in the VA's Office of the Under Secretary for Health. The office must carry out the Patient Advocacy Program and ensure that patient advocates are trained and advocate on behalf of veterans receiving or seeking health care through the VA. Subtitle C--Complementary and Integrative Health (Sec. 931) The bill establishes the Creating Options for Veterans' Expedited Recovery Commission or the COVER Commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the VA for treating mental health conditions of veterans and the potential benefits of incorporating complementary and integrative treatments including music, acupuncture, yoga, meditation, and sports. Not more than 90 days after receiving a report from the commission with recommendations, the VA must submit a report that includes: (1) an action plan for implementing recommendations and a time frame for implementing complementary and integrative treatments, and (2) a justification for any determination that a recommendation is not appropriate or feasible and an alternative solution to improve the therapy model. (Sec. 932) The VA must develop a plan to expand the scope of its research and education on, and delivery and integration of, complementary and integrative health services. (Sec. 933) The VA must carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using complementary and integrative health and wellness-based services by complementing the provision of pain management and related health care services with such services. In selecting the medical centers for this pilot program, the VA must give priority to centers where the prescription rate of opioids conflicts or is inconsistent with the standards of appropriate and safe care. Subtitle D--Fitness of Health Care Providers (Sec. 941) As part of the VA's hiring process for health care providers, the VA must require from each medical board that licensed the provider information on any violation of the license and any settlement agreement for a disciplinary charge relating to the provider's practice of medicine. (Sec. 942) The VA must provide information on any violation of a medical license by a VA health care provider to each medical board licensing that provider. (Sec. 943) Not later than 180 days after enactment of this bill, the VA must report on its compliance with its policy to review each health care provider who transfers, resigns, retires, or is terminated to determine whether there are any concerns, complaints, or allegations of violations relating to the medical practice of the provider and take appropriate action. Subtitle E--Other Matters (Sec. 951) This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to reduce the aggregate amount of awards and bonuses that may be paid by the VA in each of FY2017-FY2021.

Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016 Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016 Good Samaritan Assessment Act of 2016 Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2016 Infant Plan of Safe Care Improvement Act John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 Kingpin Designation Improvement Act of 2016 Lali's Law National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015 Nurturing And Supporting Healthy Babies Act or the NAS Healthy Babies Act Opioid Program Evaluation Act or the OPEN Act Opioid Review Modernization Act of 2016 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Expansion and Modernization Act Promoting Responsible Opioid Management and Incorporating Scientific Expertise Act or the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act Reducing Unused Medications Act of 2016 Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2016 Short Titles - Senate Short Titles as Passed Senate: Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Rob Portman [R-OH]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Joe Manchin [D-WV]
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Shelley Capito [R-WV]	Sen. Joe Donnelly [D-IN]
Sen. Dan Sullivan [R-AK]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]
Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Thom Tillis [R-NC]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R-AK]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Lamar Alexander [R-TN]

2016-06-16 - Senate - On the Motion (Whitehouse Motion to Instruct Conferees to S. 524) (Y: 70 N: 24 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-06-16 - Senate - On the Motion (Shaheen Motion to Instruct Conferees to S. 524) (Y: 66 N: 29 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-06-16 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 524 (Y: 95 N: 1 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-05-17 - House - On Motion to Instruct Conferees (Y: 182 N: 236 NV: 15 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2016-05-13 - House - On Passage (Y: 400 N: 5 NV: 28 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-10 - Senate - On Passage of the Bill S. 524 (Y: 94 N: 1 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-09 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 524 (Y: 93 N: 3 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-07 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3378 to S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016) (Y: 86 N: 3 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-03 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3420 to S.Amdt. 3378 to S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016) (Y: 90 N: 0 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - Senate - On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Shaheen Amdt. No. 3345) (Y: 48 N: 47 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2016-03-02 - Senate - On the Motion (Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Wyden Amdt. No. 3395) (Y: 46 N: 50 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2016-03-02 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3362 to S.Amdt. 3378 to S. 524 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016) (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 524 (Y: 89 N: 0 NV: 11 Abs: 0) [PASS]
Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 524 (Y: 90 N: 2 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
Senate - On the Conference Report S. 524 (Y: 92 N: 2 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
Senate - On the Conference Report S. 524 (Y: 92 N: 2 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
House - On Agreeing to the Conference Report (Y: 407 N: 5 NV: 21 Abs: 0) [PASS]
House - On Agreeing to the Conference Report (Y: 407 N: 5 NV: 21 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-22	House	Became Public Law No: 114-198. (TXT | PDF)
2016-07-22	House	Signed by President.
2016-07-14	House	Presented to President.
2016-07-13	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-07-13	House	Senate agreed to conference report to accompany S. 524 by Yea-Nay Vote. 92 - 2. Record Vote Number: 129.
2016-07-13	House	Cloture on the conference report to accompany S. 524 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 2. Record Vote Number: 126. (consideration: CR S5027-5028; text: CR S5027)
2016-07-13	House	Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S5022-5028, S5045-5058, S5058-5066)
2016-07-12	House	Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4955-4962, S4975-4993)
2016-07-11	House	Cloture motion on the conference report to accompany S. 524 presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4926; text: CR S4926)
2016-07-11	House	Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S4926-4929)
2016-07-11	House	Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
2016-07-08	House	Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-07-08	House	On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 407 - 5 (Roll No. 399). (consideration: CR H4561)
2016-07-08	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4561)
2016-07-08	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany S. 524.
2016-07-08	House	Mr. Upton brought up conference report H. Rept. 114-669 for consideration as a privileged matter. (consideration: CR H4554-4561)
2016-07-08	House	CALLING UP CONFERENCE REPORT - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 809, the Chair recognized Mr. Upton for the purpose of calling up the conference report to accompany S. 524.
2016-07-07	House	Rule H. Res. 809 passed House.
2016-07-07	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 809 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. 524 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. Sec. 2 provides that upon adoption of the resolution, the House shall be considered to have taken S. 2943 from the Speaker's table, stricken all after the enacting clause and inserted the provisions of H.R. 4909 as passed by the House. S. 2943 shall be considered as passed as amended. It shall also be in order for the Chair of the Committee on Armed services to move that the House insist on its amendment to S. 2943 and request a conference with the Senate thereon.
2016-07-06	House	Conference report H. Rept. 114-669 filed. (text of conference report: CR H4392-4419)
2016-07-06	House	Conferees agreed to file conference report.
2016-06-16	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-06-16	House	Motion by Senator Whitehouse to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 70 - 24. Record Vote Number: 102. (consideration: CR S4284; text: CR S4284)
2016-06-16	House	Motion by Senator Shaheen to instruct Senate conferees agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 29. Record Vote Number: 101. (consideration: CR S4284; text: CR S4284)
2016-06-16	House	Senate disagrees to the House amendments to the Senate bill, agrees to the request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoints the following conferees: Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, Leahy, Murray, and Wyden.
2016-06-16	House	Motion to disagree to the House amendments to the Senate bill, agree to the request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoint the following conferees: Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, Leahy, Murray, and Wyden agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2016-06-16	House	Cloture on the motion to disagree to the House amendments to the Senate bill, agree to the request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoint the following conferees: Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, Leahy, Murray, and Wyden invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95 - 1. Record Vote Number: 100. (consideration: CR S4283; text: CR S4283)
2016-06-16	House	Cloture motion on the motion to disagree to the House amendments to the Senate bill, agree to the request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoint the following conferees: Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, Leahy, Murray, and Wyden presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S4277; text: CR S4277)
2016-06-16	House	Motion to disagree to the House amendments to the Senate bill, agree to the request for conference, and the Presiding Officer appoint the following conferees: Grassley, Alexander, Hatch, Sessions, Leahy, Murray, and Wyden made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4277)
2016-06-16	House	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S4277-4285)
2016-05-17	House	Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendments to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
2016-05-17	House	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of sec. 705 of the Senate bill, and sec. 804 of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Meehan, Dold, and McDermott.
2016-05-17	House	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for consideration of title III of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Bilirakis, Walorski, and Ruiz.
2016-05-17	House	The Speaker appointed conferees - from the Committee on Education and the Workforce for consideration of title VII of the House amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Barletta, Carter of Georgia, and Scott of Virginia.
2016-05-17	House	The Speaker appointed conferees for consideration of the Senate bill and the House amendments, and modifications committed to conference: Upton, Pitts, Lance, Guthrie, Kinzinger of Illinois, Bucshon, Brooks of Indiana, Goodlatte, Sensenbrenner, Smith of Texas, Marino, Collins of Georgia, Trott, Bishop of Michigan, McCarthy, Pallone, Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Sarbanes, Gene Green of Texas, Conyers, Jackson Lee, Judy Chu of California, Cohen, Esty, Kuster, and Courtney.
2016-05-17	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-05-17	House	On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 236 (Roll no. 198).
2016-05-17	House	Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2456-2457)
2016-05-13	House	POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on adoption of the motion to instruct conferees and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Ms. Esty demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion until a time to be announced.
2016-05-13	House	The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H2376)
2016-05-13	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Esty motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to recede to title III of the bill (relating to treatment and recovery programs).
2016-05-13	House	Ms. Esty moved that the House instruct conferees. (consideration: CR H2374-2375; text: CR H2374)
2016-05-13	House	On motion that the House insist upon its amendments, and request a conference Agreed to without objection.
2016-05-13	House	Mrs. Brooks (IN) asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendments, and request a conference. (consideration: CR H2374)
2016-05-13	House	The title of the measure was amended pursuant to H. Res. 725.
2016-05-13	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2016-05-13	House	On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 400 - 5 (Roll no. 193). (text: CR H2355-2368)
2016-05-13	House	The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H2373)
2016-05-13	House	DEBATE - The House continued with debate on S. 524.
2016-05-13	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 524.
2016-05-13	House	Rule provides for consideration of S. 524. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
2016-05-13	House	Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 725. (consideration: CR H2355-2374)
2016-05-13	House	Rule H. Res. 725 passed House.
2016-05-12	House	Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 725 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 524. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. Bill is closed to amendments.
2016-03-14	House	Held at the desk.
2016-03-14	House	Received in the House.
2016-03-10	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2016-03-10	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 1. Record Vote Number: 34. (text as passed Senate: CR S1404-1416)
2016-03-10	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1403-1416)
2016-03-09	Senate	Cloture on the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 3. Record Vote Number: 33. (consideration: CR S1361; text: CR S1361)
2016-03-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Amendment SA 3378 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2016-03-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Amendment SA 3374 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2016-03-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1357, S1361)
2016-03-09	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1357, S1361)
2016-03-09	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1357-1384)
2016-03-08	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1328)
2016-03-08	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1328)
2016-03-08	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1328-1332, S1332-1341)
2016-03-07	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Cloture on amendment SA 3378 invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 86 - 3. Record Vote Number: 32. (consideration: CR S1310-1311; text: CR S1310-1311)
2016-03-07	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1303)
2016-03-07	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1303, S1310-1311)
2016-03-07	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1303-1313)
2016-03-03	Senate	Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1273; text: CR S1273)
2016-03-03	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Cloture motion on amendment SA 3378 presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1273; text: CR S1273)
2016-03-03	Senate	S.Amdt.3420 Amendment SA 3420 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 0. Record Vote Number: 31.
2016-03-03	Senate	S.Amdt.3420 Amendment SA 3420 proposed by Senator Manchin to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1262-1263; text: CR S1263)
2016-03-03	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1245)
2016-03-03	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1245)
2016-03-03	Senate	Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1245-1273)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3374 Amendment SA 3374 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Donnelly to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1206; text as modified: CR S1206)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3345 Amendment SA 3345 ruled out of order by the chair.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3345 Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 3345 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 47. Record Vote Number: 30.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3345 Point of order that the amendment violates section 311(a)(2)(A) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3345.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3367 Amendment SA 3367 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3395 Amendment SA 3395 ruled out of order by the chair.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3395 Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to amendment SA 3395 rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 50. Record Vote Number: 29.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3395 Point of order that the amendment violates section 302(f) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to amendment SA 3395.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3362 Amendment SA 3362, under the order of 3/2/16, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 28.
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3395 Amendment SA 3395 proposed by Senator Wyden to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1192-1194, S1204; text: CR S1192-1193)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3367 Amendment SA 3367 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Toomey to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1192, S1198, S1204-1205)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3345 Amendment SA 3345 proposed by Senator Shaheen to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1181-1183, S1202, S1205, S1206; text: CR S1181-1182)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3362 Amendment SA 3362 proposed by Senator Grassley for Senator Feinstein to Amendment SA 3378. (consideration: CR S1180, S1203; text: CR S1180)
2016-03-02	Senate	S.Amdt.3378 Amendment SA 3378 proposed by Senator Grassley. (consideration: CR S1180)
2016-03-02	Senate	The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1180)
2016-03-02	Senate	Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1171-1218; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S1171-1180)
2016-03-02	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1171)
2016-03-01	Senate	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1106-1115, S1115-1132)
2016-02-29	Senate	Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 89 - 0. Record Vote Number: 27. (consideration: CR S1076; text: CR S1076)
2016-02-29	Senate	Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1074-1080)
2016-02-25	Senate	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1037-1038; text: CR S1037)
2016-02-25	Senate	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1037-1038)
2016-02-22	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 369.
2016-02-22	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
2016-02-11	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2016-01-27	Senate	Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
2015-02-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB953 (Same As) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
HB2463 (Related) 2015-06-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
HB4641 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB32 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Became Public Law No: 114-154. (TXT | PDF)
SB1913 (Related) 2015-07-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4876 (Related) 2016-03-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
HR725 (Related) 2016-05-13 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB1725 (Related) 2015-09-09 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB1818 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB3680 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB3691 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4063 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
HB4586 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4599 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4843 (Related) 2016-09-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
HB4969 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4976 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4978 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4981 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4982 (Related) 2016-05-12 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
HB4985 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB5046 (Related) 2016-05-16 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB5048 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB5052 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
HB4869 (Related) 2016-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
HB4892 (Related) 2016-05-11 - Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote .
SB2914 (Related) 2016-05-10 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
SB2872 (Related) 2016-04-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB3380 (Related) 2016-06-03 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 469.
SB3015 (Related) 2016-05-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/524/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s524/BILLS-114s524is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s524/BILLS-114s524rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s524/BILLS-114s524es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s524/BILLS-114s524eah.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s524/BILLS-114s524enr.pdf
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00027.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00028.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00029.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00030.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00031.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00032.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00033.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00034.htm
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016193
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016198
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00100.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00101.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00102.htm
Roll Call	https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2016399
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00129.htm
Roll Call	https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1142/vote_114_2_00126.htm