U.S. SENATE
The following Bills pertaining to healthcare, opioids, prescription drugs, and drug abuse/addiction have been introduced to the Senate for the 2017-18 Congressional session.
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Number | Title | Sponsor | Sponsor’s District | Date Introduced | Committee Referral | Subcommittee | Stage |
S.Amdt63 | To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce access to substance use disorder treatment and worsen the opioid abuse epidemic | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 1/10/2017 | Withdrawn 1/12/17 | ||
S.Res.10 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate reguarding the trafficking of illiicit fentanyl into the US from Mexido and China | Edward Markey | D-MA | 1/10/2017 | |||
S.514 | No Hero Left Untreated Act | David Perdue | R-GA | 3/2/2017 | Veterans’ Affairs | ||
S.523 | Budgeting for Opioid Addiction Treatment Act | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 3/2/2017 | Finance | ||
S.581 | Jessie’s Law | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 3/8/2017 | HELP | Health | Passed |
S.Res.83 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate reguarding the trafficking of illiicit fentanyl into the US from Mexido and China | Edward Markey | D-MA | 3/8/2017 | Foreign Relations | Agreed to | |
S.693 | Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act | Tammy Baldwin | D-WI | 3/22/2017 | HELP | ||
S.708 | INTERDICT Act | Edward Markey | D-MA | 3/23/2017 | Homeland Security | ||
S.778 | Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017 | Amy Klobuchar | D-MN | 3/30/2017 | HELP | ||
S.786 | Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act | Jeanne Shaheen | D-NH | 3/30/2017 | HELP | ||
S.892 | Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017 | Kirsten Gillibrand | D-NY | 4/7/2017 | Judiciary | ||
S.992 | Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017 | John McCain | R-AZ | 5/1/2017 | Veterans’ Affairs | ||
S.1049 | Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act | Margaret Hassan | D-NH | 5/4/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1077 | Changing the Culture of the FDA Act | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 5/9/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1078 | FDA Accountability for Public Safety Act | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 5/9/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1079 | Protecting Americans from Dangerous Opioids Act | Joe Manchin | D-WV | 5/9/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1091 | Supporting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Act | Susan Collins | R-ME | 5/10/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1148 | CRIB Act | Sherrod Brown | D-OH | 5/17/2017 | Finance | ||
S.1355 | Combatting the Heroin Epidemic Through Forensic Drug Testing Act of 2017 | Jeanne Shaheen | D-NH | 6/14/2017 | Judiciary | ||
S.1453 | Strengthening the Addiction Treatment Workforce Act | Joe Donnelly | D-IN | 6/28/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1554 | Safer Prescribing of Controlled Substances Act | Edward Markey | D-MA | 7/13/2017 | HELP | ||
S.1678 | A bill to amend the consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to improve access to grants and loans for evidence-based substance use disorder treatment services in rurual areas, and for other purposes | Joe Donnelly | D-IN | 7/31/2017 | Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry | ||
S.1882 | Opioid QuOTA Act | Edward Markey | D-MA | 9/28/2017 | Judiciary | ||
S.2004 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic Act | Robert Casey | D-PA | 10/25/2017 | HELP | ||
S.2008 | Combating the Opioid Epidemic Through Forensic Drug Testing Act of 2017 | Jeanne Shaheen | D-NH | 10/25/2017 | Judiciary | ||
S.2055 | YOUTH Act | Gary Peters | D-MI | 11/1/2017 | HELP | ||
S.2125 | Targeted Opioid Funding Act | Jeanne Shaheen | D-NH | 11/14/2017 | HELP | ||
S.2134 | Andrew White Veterans Community Care Opioid Safety Act | Tammy Baldwin | D-WI | 11/15/2017 | Veterans’ Affairs | ||
S.2193 | An original bill to amend title 38, USC, to improve health care for veterans, and for other purposes | Johnny Isakson | R-GA | 12/5/2017 | Veterans’ Affairs |