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SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-2121| Senate 
| Updated: 6/18/2025
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (8)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Jon Husted (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 aims to reauthorize and strengthen various federal programs designed to combat opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. This comprehensive legislation extends funding and modifies existing initiatives across prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts through fiscal year 2030. It seeks to adapt federal responses to evolving public health challenges related to substance misuse. In terms of prevention , the bill reauthorizes and increases funding for programs addressing prenatal and postnatal health, monitoring infections from illicit drug use, and preventing controlled substance overdoses. It broadens overdose prevention to include all substances causing overdose and introduces innovative detection methods like wastewater surveillance. A significant new provision establishes a comprehensive program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention, intervention, and services, including education, research, and capacity building, with dedicated funding. The legislation also enhances public health infrastructure by requiring measures to protect the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from cybersecurity incidents and mandating incident reporting. It directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to assess approved opioid analgesic drugs, considering their public health effects, and to support the development of nonaddictive pain and addiction treatments. Furthermore, it requires guidance on effective at-home drug disposal systems. Regarding treatment , the bill increases funding for residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and expands access to addiction medicine providers by including diagnosis. It also boosts funding for the loan repayment program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is mandated to review the scheduling of buprenorphine and naloxone combination products and, if appropriate, request rulemaking to revise their schedules. For recovery , the bill significantly increases funding for programs like Building Communities of Recovery and Youth Prevention and Recovery. It expands peer support technical assistance, allowing for the establishment of regional centers to better serve local needs. The CAREER Act, which provides grants to areas heavily impacted by the opioid crisis, is reauthorized through 2030, with updated eligibility criteria and provisions for transportation assistance to support employment and recovery. Finally, the bill includes miscellaneous provisions such as amending the Controlled Substances Act to allow pharmacies to deliver certain controlled substances to practitioners for specific treatment purposes. It also updates the list of organizations whose training counts towards the required education for prescribers of controlled substances, making these changes retroactively effective to December 2022.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-3393
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-3106
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-2433
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023
Jun 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2483
Signed by President.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-3393
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-3106
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-2433
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023


  • June 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2483
    Signed by President.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act
  • HR 119-2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
  • S 119-946: MATE Improvement Act
  • HR 119-4079: Safer Response Act of 2025
  • HR 119-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
  • HR 119-912: 9–8–8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act
  • S 119-2532: Safe Response Act
  • S 119-3006: Youth Prevention and Recovery Reauthorization Act of 2025
  • S 119-500: CAREER Act of 2025

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-2121| Senate 
| Updated: 6/18/2025
The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 aims to reauthorize and strengthen various federal programs designed to combat opioid use disorder and other substance use disorders. This comprehensive legislation extends funding and modifies existing initiatives across prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts through fiscal year 2030. It seeks to adapt federal responses to evolving public health challenges related to substance misuse. In terms of prevention , the bill reauthorizes and increases funding for programs addressing prenatal and postnatal health, monitoring infections from illicit drug use, and preventing controlled substance overdoses. It broadens overdose prevention to include all substances causing overdose and introduces innovative detection methods like wastewater surveillance. A significant new provision establishes a comprehensive program for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) prevention, intervention, and services, including education, research, and capacity building, with dedicated funding. The legislation also enhances public health infrastructure by requiring measures to protect the 9-8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline from cybersecurity incidents and mandating incident reporting. It directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to assess approved opioid analgesic drugs, considering their public health effects, and to support the development of nonaddictive pain and addiction treatments. Furthermore, it requires guidance on effective at-home drug disposal systems. Regarding treatment , the bill increases funding for residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and expands access to addiction medicine providers by including diagnosis. It also boosts funding for the loan repayment program for the substance use disorder treatment workforce. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is mandated to review the scheduling of buprenorphine and naloxone combination products and, if appropriate, request rulemaking to revise their schedules. For recovery , the bill significantly increases funding for programs like Building Communities of Recovery and Youth Prevention and Recovery. It expands peer support technical assistance, allowing for the establishment of regional centers to better serve local needs. The CAREER Act, which provides grants to areas heavily impacted by the opioid crisis, is reauthorized through 2030, with updated eligibility criteria and provisions for transportation assistance to support employment and recovery. Finally, the bill includes miscellaneous provisions such as amending the Controlled Substances Act to allow pharmacies to deliver certain controlled substances to practitioners for specific treatment purposes. It also updates the list of organizations whose training counts towards the required education for prescribers of controlled substances, making these changes retroactively effective to December 2022.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-3393
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-3106
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-2433
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023
Jun 18, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Jun 18, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2483
Signed by President.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-3393
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-3106
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-2433
    SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023


  • June 18, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 18, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2483
    Signed by President.
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (8)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)Markwayne Mullin (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)Jon Husted (Republican)Lisa Murkowski (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 119-891: Bipartisan Health Care Act
  • HR 119-2483: SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025
  • S 119-946: MATE Improvement Act
  • HR 119-4079: Safer Response Act of 2025
  • HR 119-1768: Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act
  • HR 119-912: 9–8–8 Lifeline Cybersecurity Responsibility Act
  • S 119-2532: Safe Response Act
  • S 119-3006: Youth Prevention and Recovery Reauthorization Act of 2025
  • S 119-500: CAREER Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted