Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act
Latest action · Oct 25, 2017 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.
- IntroducedOct 25, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act
This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to provide additional funds through FY2027 for state grants to address the opioid abuse crisis.
The bill provides funds to the Department of Health and Human Services through FY2022 for state grants to conduct research on addiction and pain related to substance misuse.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 25, 2017 to Jan 24, 2018, with 16 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Al Franken | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Oct 25, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Appropriations
- Drug therapy
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Health
- Health information and medical records
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Medical research
- Research administration and funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 25, 2017Introduced in Senate
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