Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise requirements for and limitations on practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish grant programs to: (1) encourage prescribing and purchase of opioid overdose reversal drugs (e.g., naloxone), and (2) develop prescribing guidelines for such drugs. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin or certain pain medications.)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must provide support to improve drug overdose surveillance and reporting capabilities.
HHS may support syringe exchange programs.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must provide support to: (1) reduce drug overdose deaths; and (2) develop, expand, and enhance substance use recovery support services.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women.
The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must: (1) carry out a pilot program to support services for pregnant and postpartum women with a substance use disorder; (2) award grants to expand treatment activities in areas with a high rate of, or a rapid increase in, the use of opioids; and (3) support increasing the capacity of substance use disorder services for adolescents.
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and Internal Revenue Code to direct HHS and the Departments of Labor and the Treasury to require disclosures, issue guidance, conduct audits, and publish information regarding the requirement for group health plans and health insurance coverage to have parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits. HHS must establish a consumer parity portal website.
HHS must establish a loan repayment program for substance use disorder health professionals.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 9, 2016 to Dec 13, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NE | Brad Ashford | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Feb 9, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Feb 25, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 2, 2016 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Apr 12, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 26, 2016 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | May 18, 2016 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Dec 13, 2016 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jan 29, 2016 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2016 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Feb 3, 2016 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2016 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 4, 2016 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2016 |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 | |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 | |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 |
Actions 8
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Feb 4, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 3, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 17, January 28, 2016, page H375.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-118 | THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 HHS BUDGET158 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Feb 24, 2016 |
Related bills 9
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1455 | TREAT Act | Related bill | Apr 27, 2016 |
| S 2226 | Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women Act of 2015 | Related bill | Nov 3, 2015 |
| HR 2536 | TREAT Act | Related bill | Jun 16, 2015 |
| S 2562 | Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act | Related bill | Feb 22, 2016 |
| HR 3680 | Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016 | Related bill | May 12, 2016 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To support a comprehensive public health response to the heroin and prescription drug abuse crisis.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative remedies
- Child health
- Disability and health-based discrimination
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Family services
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Higher education
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Licensing and registrations
- Medical education
- Mental health
- Prescription drugs
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
