Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act
Latest action · Feb 7, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 7, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act
This bill imposes a one cent per milligram fee on the sale of active opioids by the manufacturer, producer, or importer. The fee excludes prescription drugs used exclusively for the treatment of opioid addiction as part of a medically assisted treatment effort.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to provide rebates or discounts to cancer and hospice patients to ensure that they do not pay the fee.
Any increase in federal revenues from the fee after rebates and discounts are subtracted must be distributed to states under the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant program. The states must use the funds exclusively for substance abuse (including opioid abuse) efforts in the states, including (1) specified treatment programs, and (2) the recruitment and training of substance use disorder professionals to work in rural and medically underserved communities.
HHS must report to Congress on the impact of this bill on the retail cost of opioids and patient access to opioid medication, the effectiveness of the discount or rebate for cancer and hospice patients, how the funds are being used to improve substance abuse treatment efforts, and suggestions for improving access to opioids for cancer and hospice patients and substance abuse treatment efforts.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 7, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Feb 7, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 7, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 4793 | Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act | Identical bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Cancer
- Congressional oversight
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Prescription drugs
- Sales and excise taxes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 7, 2019Introduced in Senate
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