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Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

Introduced: May 15, 2018 Introduced by: Capito, Shelley Moore Republican · West Virginia See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2018
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.
Jun 27, 2018
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-285.
May 22, 2018
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
May 15, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 15, 2018
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 2,251 Capito, Shelley Moore — Pending May 17, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018

This bill prohibits deceptive representation regarding the cost, price, efficacy, performance, benefit, risk, or safety of opioid treatment programs or products.

What's happening now June 27, 2018

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 490.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · May 21, 2018
 D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · May 15, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2842: Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2842/
MLA
"S. 2842: Opioid Addiction Recovery Fraud Prevention Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2842/.
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S. 2842, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2842/.
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