Targeted Opioid Funding Act

Bill: 115-s-2125
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-11-14
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Targeted Opioid Funding Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, in awarding grants to address the opioid crisis, to give preference to states with high mortality rates associated with opioid use disorders. This preference is in addition to&nbsp;the existing preference given to states with a high prevalence of opioid use disorders.</p> <p>Grants must be at least $5 million.</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2125 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 14, 2017 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Mrs. Capito , Ms. Hassan , Mr. Manchin , Mr. Coons , and Mrs. McCaskill ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To improve the State response to the opioid abuse crisis.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Targeted Opioid Funding Act . 2. State response to the opioid abuse crisis Subsection (c)(1) of section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act ( 42 U.S.C. 290ee–3 note) is amended— (1) by striking an incidence or prevalence of opioid use disorders and inserting a prevalence of opioid use disorders, and a mortality rate associated with opioid use disorders, ; and (2) by inserting , in amounts not less than $5,000,000, after award grants .