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H.R. 3414: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

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H.R. 3414: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-21 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-21 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 573. 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 Workforce Act of 2019

Plain summary

Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain medicine programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] · 74 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3414, Opioid Workforce Act of 2019 (2019-09-18)

Cosponsors on this site

Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA), Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and 14 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] reported raising $3.7 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-cong116-hr3414 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116