Opioid Emergency Response Act

Bill: 115-hr-5531
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Postal service
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding
User charges and fees
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Opioid Emergency Response Act

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to incentivize the use of opioid alternatives; the bill also creates a new, sixth schedule of controlled substances that includes specified synthetic fentanyl-related substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Judiciary, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House