Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

Bill: 114-hr-5216
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2016-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Law enforcement administration and funding
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: 

Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

 
This bill appropriates funding for the activities in the bill.
 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into cooperative agreements with states to expand opioid treatment capacity, make services more affordable to those who cannot afford them, and help individuals seek treatment, successfully complete treatment, and sustain recovery. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) Funding must be allocated to states based on the severity of the opioid epidemic in the state and the strength of the state's strategy to respond.
 
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology must expand efforts to support prescription drug monitoring programs and health information technology interoperability.
 
The Bureau of Prisons must support drug treatment programs.
 
The bill amends the Second Chance Act to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to help justice-involved individuals successfully reintegrate into the community.
 
The bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to permit DOJ to support the development of residential and aftercare services for substance-involved inmates.
 DOJ must establish new heroin enforcement groups within the Drug Enforcement Administration to target, disrupt, and dismantle heroin trafficking organizations.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2016-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2016-05-12
text: Introduced in House