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Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

USA116th CongressS-425| Senate 
| Updated: 2/7/2019
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (9)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill imposes a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The fee 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 fee. Any increase in federal revenues from the fee after rebates and discounts are subtracted must be distributed to states under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program. The states must use the funds exclusively for substance abuse (including opioid abuse) efforts in the states, including (1) specified treatment programs, and (2) the recruitment and training of substance use disorder professionals to work in rural and medically underserved communities. 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.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 23, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4793
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • February 7, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 7, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • October 23, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4793
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4793: Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act
CancerCongressional oversightDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal carePrescription drugsSales and excise taxes

Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act

USA116th CongressS-425| Senate 
| Updated: 2/7/2019
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act This bill imposes a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The fee 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 fee. Any increase in federal revenues from the fee after rebates and discounts are subtracted must be distributed to states under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program. The states must use the funds exclusively for substance abuse (including opioid abuse) efforts in the states, including (1) specified treatment programs, and (2) the recruitment and training of substance use disorder professionals to work in rural and medically underserved communities. 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.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 23, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-4793
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  • February 7, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 7, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.


  • October 23, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-4793
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin

Independent Senator

West Virginia

Cosponsors (9)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Angus S. King (Independent)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4793: Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CancerCongressional oversightDrug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care coverage and accessHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careLong-term, rehabilitative, and terminal carePrescription drugsSales and excise taxes