Congress 115 - HR 4938 - Respond NOW Act

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Appropriations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Child health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation Drug therapy Drug trafficking and controlled substances Drug, alcohol, tobacco use Education programs funding Emergency medical services and trauma care First responders and emergency personnel Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Government trust funds Health Health care coverage and access Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Indian social and development programs Infectious and parasitic diseases Licensing and registrations Medical education Medical research Medicare Mental health Minority health National Institutes of Health (NIH) Prescription drugs Research administration and funding Student aid and college costs Worker safety and health

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Respond to the Needs in the Opioid War Act or the Respond NOW Act

This bill establishes the Opioid Epidemic Response Fund through FY2022 to fund programs and activities addressing the opioid and substance use epidemic, including:

Food and Drug Administration support of innovation in non-opioid and nonaddictive medical products for pain treatment,
National Institutes of Health research on creating longer-lasting or faster-acting antidotes for opioid overdoses,
Health Resources and Services Administration efforts to increase the availability and capacity of the behavioral health workforce, and
Administration for Children and Families programs for child abuse prevention and treatment.

The bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to extend funding through FY2022 for programs to help states address substance use prevention and treatment.

The bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to allow a practitioner to dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance treatment or detoxification treatment to an increased number of patients under specified conditions.

The bill amends the Social Security Act to include methadone treatment in Medicare coverage.

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Apr 5, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Feb 12, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 9, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 6, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and the Budget, 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.
Feb 6, 2018

Introduced in House

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