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H.R. 5272: To provide additional guidance to grantees seeking funding to treat or prevent mental health or substance use disorders.

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H.R. 5272: To provide additional guidance to grantees seeking funding to treat or prevent mental health or substance use disorders.

115th Congress · introduced 2018-03-14 · 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 2018-03-14 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · 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.

What does this mean?

Official title

To provide additional guidance to grantees seeking funding to treat or prevent mental health or substance use disorders.

Plain summary

Reinforcing Evidence-Based Standards Under Law in Treating Substance Abuse Act of 2018 or the RESULTS Act of 2018 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require applicants to demonstrate that a program or activity is evidence-based when applying for support from the Department of Health and Human Services for a program or activity to prevent or treat a mental health or substance use disorder.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To provide additional guidance to grantees seeking funding to treat or prevent mental health or substance use disorders.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15] · 11 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 5272, Reinforcing Evidence-Based Standards Under Law in Treating Substance Abuse Act of 2018 (2018-06-07)

Cosponsors on this site

Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5272 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115