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Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

Introduced: November 19, 2019 Introduced by: Hassan, Margaret Wood Democratic · New Hampshire See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 19, 2019
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Opioid Workforce Act of 2019

This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for hospitals that have addiction or pain medicine programs, with an aggregate increase of 1,000 positions over a five-year period.

What's happening now November 19, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3414 Identical bill Opioid Workforce Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 4
McSally, Martha
· Feb 25, 2020
 D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 11, 2020
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Feb 11, 2020
 R
Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jan 9, 2020
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jan 9, 2020
 D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Jan 9, 2020
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 19, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2892: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2892/
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"S. 2892: Opioid Workforce Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2892/.
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