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H.R. 8323: Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2024

Introduced

  1. Introduced (completed)May 8, 2024
  2. Passed House (not reached)
  3. Passed Senate (not reached)
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  5. Became law (not reached)

Summary

Introduced in House, May 8, 2024

This bill establishes programs, grants, and other activities to address substance use disorders.

Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program for purchasing and distributing opioid overdose reversal drugs for states and Indian tribes.

HHS must also award grants for and otherwise support

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  • addressing substance use, particularly in states, tribes, territories, and localities with disproportionately high drug overdose rates;
  • increasing access to preventive, medical, recovery, and related services;
  • developing innovative models of delivering treatment and harm reduction services; and
  • expanding the treatment capacity of Medicaid providers.

In addition, HHS must issue model standards of care for treatment services and recovery residences and may award grants for training health care professionals. The bill also supports prevention and treatment services for workers, addiction and pain management research, and data collection on substance use disorders.

Further, dispensers, distributors, and manufacturers of schedule II controlled substances (e.g., oxycodone), with the exception of opioid treatment programs, must certify that they maintain effective drug diversion controls. Violators are subject to specified civil and criminal penalties. Collected penalties shall be used for the grant programs and other substance use disorder activities established under the bill.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

Roll calls

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Amendments

0 offered

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Cosponsors

85

Who scored on this bill

12 points earned
  1. 1Jamie Raskin D-MD SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced3 events+12
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History

  1. May 8, 2024Introduced in the House by Jamie Raskin.
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  1. May 17, 2024Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. May 8, 2024Introduced in House
  3. May 8, 2024Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Accountability, 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.