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Introduced
07/11/2023
07/11/2023
In Committee
09/28/2023
09/28/2023
Crossed Over
12/13/2023
12/13/2023
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
AN ACT To reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act, would reauthorize and extend various programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment. Key provisions include:
- Reauthorizing and increasing funding for programs related to prenatal and postnatal health, monitoring and education on infections associated with drug use, preventing overdoses, residential treatment for pregnant and postpartum women, youth prevention and recovery, first responder training, building communities of recovery, peer-run support centers, and addressing trauma.
- Requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to review the scheduling of approved products containing a combination of buprenorphine and naloxone.
- Combating the illicit use of the substance xylazine by placing it on Schedule III of the Controlled Substances Act and requiring reports to Congress on its prevalence.
- Extending the requirement for state Medicaid plans to provide coverage for medication-assisted treatment, and expanding reporting requirements on substance use and mental health data.
- Lifting the Medicaid Institutions for Mental Diseases (IMD) exclusion for substance use disorder treatment, and prohibiting termination of Medicaid/CHIP enrollment due to incarceration.
The bill also includes various Medicaid-related provisions and offsets to help pay for the reauthorized programs.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (67)
Brett Guthrie (R)*,
Colin Allred (D),
Kelly Armstrong (R),
Don Bacon (R),
Troy Balderson (R),
Andy Barr (R),
Gus Bilirakis (R),
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Vern Buchanan (R),
Larry Bucshon (R),
Michael Burgess (R),
Kat Cammack (R),
Tony Cárdenas (D),
Buddy Carter (R),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Juan Ciscomani (R),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Angie Craig (D),
Dan Crenshaw (R),
Jasmine Crockett (D),
John Curtis (R),
Don Davis (D),
Diana DeGette (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Brad Finstad (R),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D),
Morgan Griffith (R),
Josh Harder (D),
Diana Harshbarger (R),
Bill Johnson (R),
John Joyce (R),
Kevin Kiley (R),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Young Kim (R),
Ann Kuster (D),
Nick LaLota (R),
Bob Latta (R),
Susie Lee (D),
Doris Matsui (D),
Carol Miller (R),
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R),
Marc Molinaro (R),
Joe Neguse (D),
Wiley Nickel (D),
Zach Nunn (R),
Jay Obernolte (R),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Greg Pence (R),
Scott Peters (D),
Brittany Pettersen (D),
August Pfluger (R),
Hal Rogers (R),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Pete Sessions (R),
Terri Sewell (D),
Emilia Sykes (D),
Claudia Tenney (R),
G.T. Thompson (R),
Paul Tonko (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
David Trone (D),
David Valadao (R),
Tim Walberg (R),
Randy Weber (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 12/13/2023)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4531/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr4531/BILLS-118hr4531eh.pdf |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr4531/BILLS-118hr4531ih.pdf |
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