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H.R. 5216: Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

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H.R. 5216: Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

114th Congress · introduced 2016-05-12 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2016-05-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations. 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

Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

Plain summary

Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016 This bill appropriates funding for the activities in the bill. This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to enter into cooperative agreements with states to expand opioid treatment capacity, make services more affordable to those who cannot afford them, and help individuals seek treatment, successfully complete treatment, and sustain recovery. (Opioids are drugs with effects similar to opium, such as heroin and certain pain medications.) Funding must be allocated to states based on the severity of the opioid epidemic in the state and the strength of the state's strategy to respond. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology must expand efforts to support prescription drug monitoring programs and health information technology interoperability. The Bureau of Prisons must support drug treatment programs. The bill amends the Second Chance Act to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to help justice-involved individuals successfully reintegrate into the community. The bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to permit DOJ to support the development of residential and aftercare services for substance-involved inmates. DOJ must establish new heroin enforcement groups within the Drug Enforcement Administration to target, disrupt, and dismantle heroin trafficking organizations.

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Official text

Opioid and Heroin Abuse Crisis Investment Act of 2016

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] · 97 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Paul Tonko (D-NY), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), William R. Keating (D-MA), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Peter Welch (D-VT), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 37 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3] reported raising $6.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr5216 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114