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; 16 are original cosponsors, there from 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 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Oct 25, 2017 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Oct 26, 2017 | |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Jan 24, 2018 |
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 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-870 | THE FRONT LINES OF THE OPIOID CRISIS: PERSPECTIVES FROM STATES, COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDERS66 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Nov 30, 2017 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4501 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act | Identical bill | Dec 1, 2017 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to increase funding for the State response to the opioid misuse crisis and to provide funding for research on addiction and pain related to the substance misuse crisis.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act
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
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.
