CREATE Opportunities Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance Opportunities Act or the CREATE Opportunities Act
This bill establishes the Medication-Assisted Treatment Corrections and Community Reentry Program in the Department of Justice. Under the program, the National Institute of Corrections may award grants to support local programs that provide medication-assisted treatment for incarcerated individuals who have opioid-use disorders; such treatment must be provided in accordance with specified requirements, including drug, screening, and personnel criteria.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2019 to Oct 15, 2019, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Original | Jun 26, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Oct 15, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jun 26, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3496 | CREATE Opportunities Act | Identical bill | Jul 30, 2019 |
| S 5000 | CARA 2.0 Act of 2020 | Related bill | Dec 10, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Congressional oversight
- Correctional facilities and imprisonment
- Crime prevention
- Criminal justice information and records
- Detention of persons
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug therapy
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Government information and archives
- Health
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Intergovernmental relations
- Medicaid
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Mental health
- Performance measurement
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Prescription drugs
- Rural conditions and development
- Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
- Telephone and wireless communication
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
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