Bill > HR4396

Introduced Session

Heroin and Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention and Reduction Act This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to revise requirements for and limitations on practitioners who dispense narcotic drugs for maintenance or detoxification treatment. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish grant programs to: (1) encourage prescribing and purchase of opioid overdose reversal drugs (e.g., naloxone), and (2) develop prescribing guidelines for such drugs. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin or certain pain medications.) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must provide support to improve drug overdose surveillance and reporting capabilities. HHS may support syringe exchange programs. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must provide support to: (1) reduce drug overdose deaths; and (2) develop, expand, and enhance substance use recovery support services. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women. The Center for Substance Abuse Treatment must: (1) carry out a pilot program to support services for pregnant and postpartum women with a substance use disorder; (2) award grants to expand treatment activities in areas with a high rate of, or a rapid increase in, the use of opioids; and (3) support increasing the capacity of substance use disorder services for adolescents. This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and Internal Revenue Code to direct HHS and the Departments of Labor and the Treasury to require disclosures, issue guidance, conduct audits, and publish information regarding the requirement for group health plans and health insurance coverage to have parity between mental health and substance use disorder benefits and medical and surgical benefits. HHS must establish a consumer parity portal website. HHS must establish a loan repayment program for substance use disorder health professionals.

Committee Categories

Frank Pallone (D)*,  Brad Ashford (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Lois Capps (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Diana DeGette (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Alan Grayson (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Eddie Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Derek Kilmer (D),  Sander Levin (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Donald Payne (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Charles Rangel (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Eric Swalwell (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Paul Tonko (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Peter Welch (D),  John Yarmuth (D), 

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (on 03/23/2016)

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