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H.R. 4969: John Thomas Decker Act of 2016

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H.R. 4969: John Thomas Decker Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-15 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-15 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

John Thomas Decker Act of 2016

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on May 10, 2016. The summary of that version is repeated here.) John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to report on the availability of information regarding prescription of opioids after youth sports injury, including information on opioid use and misuse, injury treatments that do not involve opioids, and treatment for opioid addiction. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) The report must determine the extent this information is available to teenagers and adolescents who play youth sports, their families, youth sports groups, and health care providers. Taking into consideration the findings of the report, HHS must develop and disseminate such information.

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Official text

John Thomas Decker Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] · 14 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4969, John Thomas Decker Act of 2016 (2016-05-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Harold Rogers (R-KY)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4969 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114