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H.R. 6311: Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021

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H.R. 6311: Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-12-16 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-12-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 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, and Homeland Security. 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

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021

Plain summary

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021 This bill establishes programs, grants, and other activities to address substance use disorders. Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program for purchasing and distributing opioid overdose reversal drugs for states and Indian tribes. HHS must also award grants for and otherwise support addressing substance use, particularly in states, tribes, territories, and localities with disproportionately high drug overdose rates; increasing access to preventive, medical, recovery, and related services; developing innovative models of delivering treatment and harm reduction services; and expanding the treatment capacity of Medicaid providers. In addition, HHS must issue model standards of care for treatment services and recovery residences and may award grants for training health care professionals. The bill also supports prevention and treatment services for workers, addiction and pain management research, and data collection on substance use disorders. Further, dispensers, distributors, and manufacturers of schedule II controlled substances (e.g., oxycodone), with the exception of opioid treatment programs, must certify that they maintain effective drug diversion controls. Violators are subject to specified civil and criminal penalties. Collected penalties shall be used for the grant programs and other substance use disorder activities established under the bill.

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Official text

Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] · 105 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Seth Moulton (D-MA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), William R. Keating (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Dina Titus (D-NV), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Robin L. Kelly (D-IL), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Mark Takano (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Ed Case (D-HI), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL) and 45 more.

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Record fed-us-cong117-hr6311 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117