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HR 1185 117th Congress House

Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize grants to certain States to inform patients about the risks of opioids and their analogues, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 2, 2021 See on congress.gov
Health Drug trafficking and controlled substancesHealth information and medical recordsHealth programs administration and fundingPrescription drugsState and local government operations
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Feb 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 18, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Opioid Patients' Right to Know Act of 2021

This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to states to educate health care providers about opioid prescribing practices.

To receive a grant, a state must have a law or regulation that requires providers to, before issuing an initial opioid prescription to treat acute pain, inform patients about the risks of opioids and the availability of non-opioid treatment alternatives.

States must use the grants to educate providers about relevant laws or regulations and safe opioid prescribing recommendations.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 7 Republican 3
R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Jul 29, 2022
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · May 27, 2022
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Dec 2, 2021
 D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Nov 18, 2021
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Oct 27, 2021
LANGEVIN, JAMES
· Oct 12, 2021
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Jul 19, 2021
O'Halleran, Tom
· Jul 9, 2021
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · May 13, 2021
Cicilline, David
· Apr 19, 2021
 D
Leger Fernandez, Teresa
New Mexico · Feb 18, 2021
McKinley, David
· Feb 18, 2021
 R
Reschenthaler, Guy
Pennsylvania · Feb 18, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1185: Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1185/
MLA
"H.R. 1185: Opioid Patients’ Right to Know Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1185/.
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H.R. 1185, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1185/.
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