S 1049
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health personnel
Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 4, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 4, 2017
Introduced in Senate
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Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Food and Drug Administration to require a communication plan that is part of a medication's risk evaluation and mitigation strategy to include informing health care providers about the meaning of terms related to properties of the medication described in the labeling.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1049: Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1049/
"S. 1049: Opioid Addiction Risk Transparency Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-1049/.
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