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HRES 714 116th Congress House

Recognizing addiction as a disease and supporting efforts to prevent, treat, and destigmatize substance use disorder and addiction.

Introduced: February 3, 2020 See on congress.gov
Health Drug, alcohol, tobacco useGeneticsHealth care qualityHealth promotion and preventive careMental health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Nov 20, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 19, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Nov 19, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 20, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution recognizes addiction as a treatable, chronic medical disease and supports evidence-based treatment for substance use disorder and efforts to prevent and destigmatize addiction.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Feb 3, 2020
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Jan 24, 2020
Maloney, Sean
· Jan 8, 2020
 R
Rutherford, John H.
Florida · Jan 8, 2020
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Nov 19, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 714: Recognizing addiction as a disease and supporting efforts to prevent, treat, and destigmatize substance use disorder and addiction.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-714/
MLA
"H. Res. 714: Recognizing addiction as a disease and supporting efforts to prevent, treat, and destigmatize substance use disorder and addiction.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-714/.
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H. Res. 714, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-714/.
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[H. Res. 714: Recognizing addiction as a disease and supporting efforts to prevent, treat, and destigmatize substance use disorder and addiction.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HRES-714/)
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