Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
Latest action · Nov 18, 2020 Received in the Senate and 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.
- IntroducedApr 10, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act or the Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to revise regulations to allow a practitioner to administer up to a three-day supply of narcotic drugs to an individual at one time for purposes of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms while the individual awaits arrangements for narcotic treatment. Current regulations authorize up to a one-day supply of narcotic drugs for an individual at one time, for a total of up to three days.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 22, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Greg Walden | Nov 22, 2019 |
Committees 3
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 Apr 10, 2019Markup Sep 9, 2020Reported Nov 17, 2020 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Apr 11, 2019 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 10, 2019Discharged Nov 17, 2020 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred May 20, 2019 | |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2020 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Nov 17, 2020Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 17, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5811-5813)
- Nov 17, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2281.
- Nov 17, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5811-5812)
- Nov 17, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 16, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-587, Part I.
- Nov 16, 2020Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
- Nov 16, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 485.
- Sep 9, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 9, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Apr 11, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 10, 2019Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1040, H5811–H5813Text printed H5811Notices H5865Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2281, Easy Medication Access and Treatment (Easy MAT) for Opioid Addiction ActTables H5865Estimated pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2281, Easy Medication Access and Treatment (Easy MAT) for Opioid Addiction Act | Anna G. Eshoo D-CA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, John R. Curtis R-UT | Nov 17, 2020 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Dec 24, 2020H.R. 2281, Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020
- Nov 17, 2020Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Effects of H.R. 2281, Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 9, 2020
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 62, April 10, 2019, page H3259.
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. 116-106 | COMBATING AN EPIDEMIC: LEGISLATION TO HELP PATIENTS WITH SUBSTANCE USE DIS- SORDERS356 pages | Energy and Commerce Committee | Mar 3, 2020 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 14 | Commitment to Defeat the Virus and Keep America Healthy Act | Related bill | Nov 2, 2020 |
| HR 5770 | Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act | Reintroduction of | Jun 5, 2018 |
| HR 8900 | Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act | Related bill | Dec 11, 2020 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Attorney General to amend certain regulations so that practitioners may administer not more than 3 days' medication to a person at one time when administering narcotic drugs for the purpose of relieving acute withdrawal symptoms.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
- Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
- Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
- Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Easy Medication Access and Treatment for Opioid Addiction Act
- Easy MAT for Opioid Addiction Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2020Referred in Senate
- Nov 17, 2020Engrossed in House
- Nov 16, 2020Reported in House
- Apr 10, 2019Introduced 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.
