Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
Latest action · Dec 13, 2023 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.
- IntroducedJul 11, 2023
- Passed HouseDec 12, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies various grants, programs, and activities that address substance use and misuse.
This includes reauthorizing (1) data collection, education, and surveillance activities; (2) grants and other support for substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery; (3) student loan repayment and other programs for the substance use disorder workforce; and (4) programs for addressing trauma, particularly for children, youth, and their families. Generally, the modifications expand programs.
Additionally, the bill modifies provisions related to the scheduling of controlled substances, including by incorporating illicit xylazine (a compound used in veterinary medicine as a nonopioid tranquilizer) into schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act.
Further, the bill makes permanent a requirement that Medicaid programs cover medication-assisted treatment for individuals with substance use disorders.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 715 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed386–37 | Dec 12, 2023 |
Cosponsors 66
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 11, 2023 to Sep 13, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 11, 2023 |
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| R-PA | John Joyce | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| R-ND | Kelly Armstrong | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Jul 13, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 17, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Jul 17, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Jul 17, 2023 |
Committees 4
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 Jul 11, 2023Markup Jul 19, 2023 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2023Markup Sep 28, 2023 |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 11, 2023 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Dec 13, 2023 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2023Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Dec 12, 2023Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6836)
- Dec 12, 2023Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 386 - 37 (Roll no. 715). (text: 12/11/2023 CR H6790-6794)
- Dec 12, 2023Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 11, 2023Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7307, S7308 | Margaret Wood Hassan D-NH, Rand Paul R-KY | Dec 20, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6821Recorded votes H6836reauthorize certain programs | Angie Craig D-MN | Dec 12, 2023 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6789–H6798Text printed H6790–H6794 | Ann M. Kuster D-NH, August Pfluger R-TX, Brett Guthrie R-KY, Cathy McMorris Rodgers R-WA, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R-GA, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Jasmine Crockett D-TX, Larry Bucshon R-IN, Paul Tonko D-NY, Zachary Nunn R-IA | Dec 11, 2023 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 118, July 11, 2023, page H3206.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45948 | The Controlled Substances Act (CSA): A Legal Overview for the 119th Congress | Report | Jan 22, 2025 |
| LSB11202 | Xylazine and the Controlled Substances Act: Legal Considerations for Congress | Insight | Jul 19, 2024 |
Related bills 22
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Child safety and welfare
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
- Employment and training programs
- Family services
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- Health
- Health care coverage and access
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health promotion and preventive care
- HIV/AIDS
- Labor market
- Medicaid
- Mental health
- Prescription drugs
- Smuggling and trafficking
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Student aid and college costs
- Transportation costs
- Unemployment
- Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
- Women's health
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 13, 2023Referred in Senate
- Dec 12, 2023Engrossed in House
- Jul 11, 2023Introduced 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.
