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To provide for a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to preventing and treating opioid addiction.

USA115th CongressHR-5531| House 
| Updated: 5/22/2018
Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan

Republican Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (3)
Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)
Committees (9)
• Ways and Means Committee• Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Budget Committee
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Opioid Emergency Response Act This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to incentivize the use of opioid alternatives; the bill also creates a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances that includes specified synthetic fentanyl-related substances.
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Timeline
Apr 17, 2018
Introduced in House
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  • April 17, 2018
    Introduced in House
  • April 17, 2018
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
  • April 17, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • April 24, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • May 22, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3495: To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to appropriate funds for the Account for the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3032: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-372: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-5558: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out under the Medicare program an alternatives to opioids in emergency departments demonstration project.
  • S 115-2260: A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.
  • S 115-788: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-992: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-1327: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-2652: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1057: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.
Alternative treatmentsCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCustoms enforcementDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmergency medical services and trauma careFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHospital careLicensing and registrationsMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMental healthPostal servicePrescription drugsResearch administration and fundingUser charges and feesVeterans' medical care

To provide for a comprehensive, multifaceted approach to preventing and treating opioid addiction.

USA115th CongressHR-5531| House 
| Updated: 5/22/2018
Opioid Emergency Response Act This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to incentivize the use of opioid alternatives; the bill also creates a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances that includes specified synthetic fentanyl-related substances.
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Timeline
Apr 17, 2018
Introduced in House
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
Apr 17, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 22, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
  • April 17, 2018
    Introduced in House
  • April 17, 2018
    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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.
  • April 17, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • April 24, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • May 22, 2018
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan

Republican Representative

Florida

Cosponsors (3)
Stephanie N. Murphy (Democratic)Alan S. Lowenthal (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)
Committees (9)
• Ways and Means Committee• Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Health Subcommittee• Veterans' Affairs Committee• Judiciary Committee• Energy and Commerce Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee• Budget Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3495: To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to appropriate funds for the Account for the State Response to the Opioid Abuse Crisis through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-3032: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services under part B of the Medicare program, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-372: A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-5558: To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out under the Medicare program an alternatives to opioids in emergency departments demonstration project.
  • S 115-2260: A bill to establish and fund an Opioids and STOP Initiative to expand, intensify, and coordinate fundamental, translational, and clinical research of the National Institutes of Health with respect to opioid abuse, the understanding of pain, and the discovery and development of safer and more effective treatments and preventive interventions for pain.
  • S 115-788: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-992: A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • S 115-1327: A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-2652: To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct an independent review of the deaths of certain veterans by suicide, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1057: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that merchandise arriving through the mail shall be subject to review by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and to require the provision of advance electronic information on shipments of mail to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Alternative treatmentsCivil actions and liabilityCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCustoms enforcementDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug therapyDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEmergency medical services and trauma careFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHospital careLicensing and registrationsMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMental healthPostal servicePrescription drugsResearch administration and fundingUser charges and feesVeterans' medical care