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Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Maintain Medicare's six protected classes for depression and schizophrenia

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Health Issues HCR

Confronting the opioid and mental illness epidemic HR 1682 America Health Care Act of 2017, Coverage for the treatment of opioid dependence & serious mental illness H.R 1628, Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, Coverage for the treatment of opioid dependence & serious mental illness

Contacted: Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)

Bills named: H.R. 1628 (115th), H.R. 1682 (115th)

Pharmacy PHA

Public law #114-198, Cures Opioid Funding Implementation H.R. 2430 FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 S.934 FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017

Contacted: Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); SENATE; Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 2430 (115th), S. 934 (115th)

Alcohol and Drug Abuse ALC

Advance the use, and funding of FDA-approved medicines to treat addiction in criminal justice and public health settings PL#114-198 Funding and implementation of Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act PL#115-31 Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 FY18 Appropriations Act H.R.2998 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, & Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2018 Ensure availability of all treatments for addiction in the Veterans Affairs and Indian Health Services, and through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. Advance use of addiction medicines in the Bureau of Prisons and within criminal justice funding (Byrne Jag)

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Natl Drug Control Policy (NDCP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA); Executive Office of the President (EOP); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Justice, Dept of (DOJ)

Bills named: H.R. 2998 (115th)