Bill > HR5311

This bill, the CARA 2.0 Act of 2018, aims to reauthorize and expand the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. The key provisions of the bill include: - Authorizing $10 million per year from 2019 to 2023 to fund the national education campaign on opioid addiction under the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016. - Limiting initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain to a 3-day supply, with exceptions for addiction treatment, cancer care, hospice/end-of-life care, and palliative care. - Expanding first responder training on safety around fentanyl and other dangerous drugs, and increasing funding for such training. - Providing $300 million per year from 2019 to 2023 for evidence-based opioid and heroin treatment and intervention demonstrations. - Establishing regional technical assistance centers to support peer-delivered addiction recovery support services, recovery community organizations, and naloxone distribution. - Creating a National Youth Recovery Initiative to provide grants for substance use recovery support services for youth and young adults. - Requiring the Department of Health and Human Services to publish best practices for operating recovery housing and address barriers to such housing. - Increasing civil and criminal penalties for opioid manufacturers that fail to report suspicious orders or maintain effective diversion controls.

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