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US HR5261TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018
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Introduced
03/13/2018
03/13/2018
In Committee
05/09/2018
05/09/2018
Crossed Over
06/13/2018
06/13/2018
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education and provide support to such centers to enhance and improve pain management and substance use disorder education through the distribution of evidence-based curricula for health care professional schools. The bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health's Centers for Excellence in Pain Education program, under which the centers provide for the coordination of the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curricula for health professional schools.
AI Summary
This bill, the Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 (TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018), amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education. These centers will receive support to enhance and improve pain management and substance use disorder education through the distribution of evidence-based curricula for healthcare professional schools. The bill also provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health's Centers for Excellence in Pain Education program, which coordinates the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curricula for health professional schools.
Committee Categories
Business and Industry, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (9)
Bill Johnson (R)*,
Marsha Blackburn (R),
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R),
Ro Khanna (D),
Bob Latta (R),
Martha McSally (R),
Bill Posey (R),
Paul Tonko (D),
Greg Walden (R),
Last Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (on 06/13/2018)
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