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HR 4190 115th Congress House

Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the 21st Century Cures Act to ensure the equitable distribution of resources to address the opioid epidemic, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 31, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health Child healthDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDrug, alcohol, tobacco useHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive care
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 3, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 31, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 3, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017

This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to alter the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration opioid grant program for states. Specifically, the bill alters the criteria for the award of grants by prioritizing states with an increasingly high rate of opioid-use disorders and a comparatively high prevalence of opioid-use disorder adverse health effects and per capita overdose mortality rates.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5109 Related bill Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Dec 18, 2017
Poliquin, Bruce
· Dec 18, 2017
Jenkins, Evan
· Oct 31, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4190: Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4190/
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"H.R. 4190: Federal Opioid Response Fairness Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4190/.
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H.R. 4190, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4190/.
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