Recognizing addiction as a disease and supporting efforts to prevent, treat, and destigmatize substance use disorder and addiction.
Latest action · Nov 20, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedNov 19, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution recognizes addiction as a treatable, chronic medical disease and supports evidence-based treatment for substance use disorder and efforts to prevent and destigmatize addiction.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 19, 2019 to Sep 18, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Nov 19, 2019 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Dec 4, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jan 8, 2020 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jan 24, 2020 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jan 27, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Feb 3, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Sep 15, 2020 | |
| D-GU | Michael F. Q. San Nicolas | Sep 18, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 20, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Nov 19, 2019Introduced in House
- Nov 19, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 19, 2019Introduced in House
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