H.R. 4982: Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-04-18 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2016-04-18 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · what a sponsor is
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Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure 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.) Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on inpatient and outpatient treatment capacity, availability, and needs, including detoxification programs, clinical stabilization programs, transitional residential support services, rehabilitation programs, treatment programs for pregnant women or adolescents, and treatment through Indian health programs. The report must include the barriers to real-time reporting of drug overdoses at the federal, state, and local level and ways to overcome those barriers.

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Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4982, Examining Opioid Treatment Infrastructure Act of 2016 (2016-05-10)

Cosponsors on this site

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Michael R. Turner (R-OH)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4982.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr4982 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114