Walden (R-OR) - Amendment No. 1 - Calls for Medicaid, Medicare, and public health reforms to help combat the opioid crisis. The policies contained in H.R. 6 were advanced through regular order by the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees.
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Dunn (R-FL) - Amendment No. 2 - Strikes language expanding the classes of health care workers who are authorized to dispense narcotics for narcotic treatment
Withdrawn
Y
N
Barton (R-TX) - Amendment No. 3 - Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to develop high-quality, evidence-based opioid analgesic prescribing guidelines for the indication-specific treatment of acute pain.
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Curtis (R-UT) - Amendment No. 4 - Requires a report from HHS on opioid prescribing practices and opioid misuse during pregnancy, and evaluating non-opiate pain management practices during pregnancy.
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Keating (D-MA) - Amendment No. 5 - Directs HHS to issue guidelines for prescribing naloxone in situations involving any type of prescription or illicit opioid use
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Meadows (R-NC) - Amendment No. 6 - Requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive report on health care policy changes that may have contributed to the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths
Not Offered
Y
N
Waters (D-CA) - Amendment No. 7 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct a survey of organizations that provide substance abuse treatment services.
Adopted Voice
Y ✓
N
Turner (R-OH) - Amendment No. 8 - Eliminates Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) policy that prevents SAMHSA funding from going toward substance abuse treatment services for individuals who are incarcerated
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