Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act
Latest action · Feb 22, 2016 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, 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.
- IntroducedFeb 22, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot 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 reduce drug overdose deaths.
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women.
HHS 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; (3) support increasing the capacity of substance use disorder services for adolescents; and (4) develop, expand, and enhance substance use recovery support services.
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 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 22, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 22, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Feb 22, 2016 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 22, 2016Introduced in Senate
- Feb 22, 2016Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1402 | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Mar 10, 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 |
| HR 3680 | Co-Prescribing to Reduce Overdoses Act of 2016 | Related bill | May 12, 2016 |
| HR 3691 | Improving Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women 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
- A bill 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.
- Feb 22, 2016Introduced in Senate
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.
