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A bill to reauthorize and improve the 21st Century Cures opioid grant program.

USA115th CongressS-2437| Senate 
| Updated: 2/15/2018
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (15)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Jon Tester (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Bill Nelson (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Opioid Response Enhancement Act This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to reauthorize through FY2023 a program of grants to states and tribal entities to carry out activities addressing the opioid epidemic. It allows states and tribal entities to use the grants to carry out public health-related activities addressing other substance abuse that is a substantial or similar public health threat to the opioid epidemic.
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Timeline
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • February 15, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 15, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health

AppropriationsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careIndian social and development programsMinority healthPrescription drugs

A bill to reauthorize and improve the 21st Century Cures opioid grant program.

USA115th CongressS-2437| Senate 
| Updated: 2/15/2018
Opioid Response Enhancement Act This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to reauthorize through FY2023 a program of grants to states and tribal entities to carry out activities addressing the opioid epidemic. It allows states and tribal entities to use the grants to carry out public health-related activities addressing other substance abuse that is a substantial or similar public health threat to the opioid epidemic.
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Timeline
Feb 15, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Feb 15, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • February 15, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 15, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (15)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Tom Udall (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Heidi Heitkamp (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Joe Manchin (Independent)Jon Tester (Democratic)Debbie Stabenow (Democratic)Bill Nelson (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Benjamin L. Cardin (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
AppropriationsDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careIndian social and development programsMinority healthPrescription drugs