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IMPROVE Addiction Care Act

USA116th CongressS-4702| Senate 
| Updated: 9/24/2020
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
Joe Manchin (Independent)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Improving Medicaid Programs' Response to Overdose Victims and Enhancing Addiction Care Act or the IMPROVE Addiction Care Act This bill establishes additional requirements for state Medicaid drug-use review programs with respect to individuals who experience opioid-related overdoses. Specifically, programs must include protocols that (1) connect individuals who have experienced an opioid-related overdose within the last five years to appropriate treatment; (2) notify providers who prescribe opioids about subsequent fatal overdoses; (3) ensure providers are notified about an individual's history of opioid-use disorder, overdoses, or poisonings; and (4) educate providers about proper prescribing practices for these individuals.
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Timeline
Sep 24, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8388
Introduced in House
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 24, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8388
    Introduced in House


  • September 24, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 24, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8388: IMPROVE Addiction Care Act
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsMedicaidPrescription drugsState and local government operations

IMPROVE Addiction Care Act

USA116th CongressS-4702| Senate 
| Updated: 9/24/2020
Improving Medicaid Programs' Response to Overdose Victims and Enhancing Addiction Care Act or the IMPROVE Addiction Care Act This bill establishes additional requirements for state Medicaid drug-use review programs with respect to individuals who experience opioid-related overdoses. Specifically, programs must include protocols that (1) connect individuals who have experienced an opioid-related overdose within the last five years to appropriate treatment; (2) notify providers who prescribe opioids about subsequent fatal overdoses; (3) ensure providers are notified about an individual's history of opioid-use disorder, overdoses, or poisonings; and (4) educate providers about proper prescribing practices for these individuals.
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Timeline
Sep 24, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-8388
Introduced in House
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Sep 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • September 24, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-8388
    Introduced in House


  • September 24, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 24, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Patrick Toomey

Patrick Toomey

Republican Senator

Pennsylvania

Cosponsors (1)
Joe Manchin (Independent)

Finance Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 116-8388: IMPROVE Addiction Care Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Drug, alcohol, tobacco useDrug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulationDrug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsMedicaidPrescription drugsState and local government operations